Post by megancoleman on Aug 9, 2011 11:27:51 GMT -5
Google is the most amazing, helpful invention maybe ever besides the toilet. We are able to search subjects quickly and through different links which may or may not be helpful to what we are looking for. The information is right at the finger tips of any person with internet access, Google gives information on every idea, topic, and anything under the sun. We no longer have to know how to look up information in an encyclopedia, because Google has one of those as well in its many links, and encyclopedias became outdated when they were published. Days were needed for research, now when you need to look up topics Google can help and even narrow down the search. But with all of the instantaneousness of Google has something changed in our brains? Since we only have to look at little synopses to find out what is on the site, our attention span has shrunk and not been able to keep concentrated on longer more in depth information that may be needed when the synopsis is not enough.
Nicholas Carr made a good point when he said, "the human brain is almost infinitely malleable." The human brain is constantly changing and soaking up new information; therefore, when we continue to use Google, we change the way of how we read, from understanding and comprehending to just skimming. The longer articles and books become harder to concentrate on since we have to take time to look and read more in-depth. But since the upcoming generation specifically has grown up with Google and all information at their finger tips, its hard to know how they will adapt to reading in school or longer books for enjoyment when they are constantly being entertained by the television and the ever colorful and changing internet. The television and internet help our brain not concentrate on one thing or another because it is always bouncing from one topic, channel, or website to the next and can not focus.
The generation growing up now has seen the internet and Google for many years, so it does not see, like there would be a huge deal on the impact. The difference is the impact maybe subtle at first but with more and more kids not being able to focus on school or certain situations. Google is not making us stupid, per-say, but we need to com up with other ways to grab our attention and keep it. We need to reprogram our brains back to how they were, and be sure we slow down and read more of Google, and we change Google before it changes us, to break and reform the connections we lost. Google should not control how we think and search, our minds are supposed to process information on how we want to, not how Google wants to present us with the links and ads while we try to find what we need. Google should help our brains filter out the unless and unwanted information while trying to see the good information that will need full length reading which our brains do not like to process. Google is slowing us down, but we just have to learn how to reprogram our brains so we make sure we are able to continue reading the interesting articles and intriguing books.
Nicholas Carr made a good point when he said, "the human brain is almost infinitely malleable." The human brain is constantly changing and soaking up new information; therefore, when we continue to use Google, we change the way of how we read, from understanding and comprehending to just skimming. The longer articles and books become harder to concentrate on since we have to take time to look and read more in-depth. But since the upcoming generation specifically has grown up with Google and all information at their finger tips, its hard to know how they will adapt to reading in school or longer books for enjoyment when they are constantly being entertained by the television and the ever colorful and changing internet. The television and internet help our brain not concentrate on one thing or another because it is always bouncing from one topic, channel, or website to the next and can not focus.
The generation growing up now has seen the internet and Google for many years, so it does not see, like there would be a huge deal on the impact. The difference is the impact maybe subtle at first but with more and more kids not being able to focus on school or certain situations. Google is not making us stupid, per-say, but we need to com up with other ways to grab our attention and keep it. We need to reprogram our brains back to how they were, and be sure we slow down and read more of Google, and we change Google before it changes us, to break and reform the connections we lost. Google should not control how we think and search, our minds are supposed to process information on how we want to, not how Google wants to present us with the links and ads while we try to find what we need. Google should help our brains filter out the unless and unwanted information while trying to see the good information that will need full length reading which our brains do not like to process. Google is slowing us down, but we just have to learn how to reprogram our brains so we make sure we are able to continue reading the interesting articles and intriguing books.