'Is Technology Making Us Stupider\r'

'Nicholas Carr starts his shew with the observation that his profit book teaching and long article penning habits have suffered immensely due to lack of absorption which can be attri neverthelessed to the time universe washed-out on the internet. He goes on to say that the clement beings are developing a rude(a) reading habit which he doesnt echo is best fit given that there is much(prenominal) less stringency and even lesser contemplation. dapple commenting on how the hereafter researcher will non do a lot of reading, Carr paints a sad picture of the new generation of readers.While accepting that his work has o substitute from neurology and early(a) wizard related science, Carr presents a theory that un wish the tycoon to speak, which he says comes naturally, the ability to read has to be taught. Here in he says the internet is doing no good to that particular ability. Carr recognises a reference to the great Ger humanssity philosopher Nietzsche and his use of the typewriter. He quips about how the typewriter had make the philosophers work even more abrupt. Carr so reaches the central topic of his essay †the resultant role of internet on the cognitive ability of man.He says that man had a series of spiritual tasks in his occasional routine all of which have now been interpreted over by the internet He march on adds that the style of the internet has been adopted by other media as well, push denting mans cognitive ability. Another place aspect of the internet that Carr says has dumber down the human brain is the conversion of an abstract concept to a concrete knowledge. This he says was previously done by the human being as an intellectual exercise but has now been taken over by the computers.Carr ends his essay on the note that in the past any(prenominal) great hinders such as Socrates and Sacrificing have express similar concerns about new ideas such as the written language and printed working. On this note, he leaves the pass open to the reader (Carr). Steven Johnson bases his book on denying the furrow that pop culture has affected human word negatively. He first refers to the sleeper curve to make a point that even the society that existed in front us had not discovered how cream pies could be a nutritious diet.However here he denies that erect the fact about sleeper curve, which itself he draws from the icon Sleeper, can exhaustively prove his argument. He then goes on to suggest that the video games of today, contrary to ordinary perceptions Of spreading addiction through violent and roughhewn content, are instead addictive because of their structural superiority. He says the games give the mind a lot to think and organize †a task previously not natural to the human cognitive process. He further speaks about television and says that the TV has taken the taking into custody of the emotional quotient to a higher level.He gives the example of frankness shows and says that these show s have got a realistic understanding of the labyrinthine human engagements and relationships. While speaking about the ontogenesis of films, Johnson says that stories are no more being spoon-fed to the audience. exemplary references made to help the audience understand moments like flash-back have reduced and it is now assumed that the audience will understand what is going on. This he says has helped the great deal explore and express their cognitive self †much more than in the past (Johnson). Studies have ground that the human brains evolution ceased over a cat valium years ago (Connors).The technological advances that have been made in recent history have solitary(prenominal) served to compensate in the declining intellect of the human mind. While people who live between 2000 to 6000 years ago had to depend greatly on their mental military group to solve problems, the current availability of technology and inventions eliminates this indispensableness greatly. Howe ver, â€Å"the decline in intellect itself is not associated with the advent of technology but to deterioration in human genes” (Connors). Neither of the two theorists †Carr and Johnson have made scientific claims in their arguments.These arguments however are presented in a logical format with each claim being justified by significant arguments. Critics have remained vastly dismissive of both the arguments, calling the latter †an amnesty for couch potatoes and the former a little in any case mournful too early. It is therefore clear that a real understanding of the effect of internet on the human mind can only be justified through neurological correlations and studies. However, human intellect has witnesses a decline for several thousands of years and thusly it cannot be solely attributed to technology.\r\n'