Josette Roman extra credit

1. Why does the author, Nicholas Carr, feel like his mind is changing as a result of the Internet?  Nicholas carr feels like his mind is changing due to the internet. This Is due to him noticing that he can’t read a book anymore. He seems to find himself losing intrest in books and the narrators point quickly. He feels he been spending to much time on the web whether it is at work or on other things. He has been searching the web and suffing the internet a lot.

2. How does doing research today compare with doing research in a library in the old days, before the Internet? (I know you weren't around 20 years ago, but answer this based on what knowledge you have gathered about libraries in your lifetime).

Doing research on the internet is faster. Back then people used books in libraries to find information on whatever they needed. This information found in books is more reliable and is better for peoples mind. In a library they have a section of non-fiction and fiction books whereas online there is no specific place to find fiction and non-fiction information it is all scrambled. On line you can edit a page for example Wikipedia where as if you edit a text in a book they will see you obviously wrote in the book. Online you can find out anything in quick seconds.

3. How has Nicholas Carr's reading habits changed because of the Internet?

His habits change due to his behavior. He spends a lot of time on the internet. When he reads a book he is less interested. His mind barely gets caught up in the narrative since he began to spend more time on the internet. When he reads a book he gets fidgety. Now a days people have less patients to read a book they rather just get quick information on the internet.

4. How is reading online different than reading a long article or book? Is there a difference? Explain.

Reading online is different from reading an actually paper copy of a article or book. This is different because online you don’t know what you are reading. The article can be plagerized or can be made up. A paper copy of an article or a book is better because you can write on it and keep it for any extra purposes. Online articles and books can also hurt your eyes and brain. Due to looking at the screen and reading it off of a screen for a long period of time can strain your eyes and make you not focus when an actual paper is in front of you.

5. Do you agree or disagree that our minds think like computers? Explain.

I agree our mind does think like computers. Our mind thinks like computers in some ways like when we calculate things we can calculate things without thinking sometimes. Also we can multitask which a computer does do. We are able to think quickly and respond to any action quick which makes us like computers.

6. Do you agree or disagree that the computer "is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies?"

I agree because the internet and computer has everything we need all in one. The computer is a combination of everything. It has was to communicate, internet, books, factual and non-factual information, it teaches us many things, and is a tool that anyone can use.

7. Why do you think The New York Times changed its format? Do you think it was a good idea or a bad idea? Why?

The new York times changed to fit the “new media rules”. I believe that the new York times shouldn’t have changed because it is making it easier for people to not have to turn a page in the newspaper. The more shortcuts people have the more lazy and less intelligent we have of getting.

8. What does Nicholas Carr mean by "knowledge work?"
Nicholas carr focused on the internet as a machine designed for the efficient and automated collection transmission proccesser. He basically sees the internet as a fast and hand on machine that transports the greatest and all technology. The computer and internet is a knowledge work. Knowledge work is viewed as a best method that can carry out every mental movement of what weve come to describe. The knowledge work holds every piece of information that is possible the old and new and is a waythat it can be pasted on from person to person.
9. Do you agree or disagree that Google has been successful in its mission "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful?"

I believe it is successful. I believe that google is used daily worldwide. Google provides people with everything an di feel that that is its way of giving back. Most of the information google provides for people is legitimate and factual.

10. How does Google's mission compare with a library's mission in light of the fact that there is no fiction or nonfiction section on the Internet, but there is a fiction and a nonfiction section in a library and that all the books are organized on the shelves in a library, but "scattered on the floor" of the Internet?

When searching in google usually people use a key term or one word. This helps interent pick out the best information and make it more factual and nonfiction.

11. Do you think it would be a good thing if your own brain and intelligence were "supplemented, or even replaced, by an artificial intelligence?"

I don’t think it would be a good thing for our brains to be replaced with a artificial intelligence. I don’t think this because our minds aren’t machines. We cant hold so much information. If our minds where to switch how would we learn and how would we be updated. Our brain wouldn’t be able to hold it and everyone would have the same answer for one thing.

12. Do you think that the human brain is "just an outdated computer that needs a faster processor and a bigger hard drive?" Why or why not?

No I don’t think this because a computer gets the information from a human. Someone around the world is constantly changing things on the internet and is putting the internet to a test when providing it with fictional information.

13. What do you think about your own surfing habits, the links you click on and the pages you view, being an opportunity for "Google and other companies to collect information about you and to feed you advertisements?"

I believe that our online habits aren’t good. Many people become addicted to the web and to socail media applications. This isn’t good because all our personal information is out on the online open and there are many hackers. This can lead to an easy way of identity theft.

14. How does the above compare to reading a book? Do you agree or disagree that companies online, collecting data about us by what we click on and view, are using subversive tactics to discourage "leisurely reading," and "slow, concentrated thought?" Are you yourself driven to distraction while on the Web? How or how not?

15. Do you agree with Socrates that the development of writing led to people using the written word as a substitute for the knowledge they carried around in their heads? Why or why not?

16. Do you think the Internet is doing the same thing? Why or why not? How or how not?

17. How do your own reading habits compare to what Nicholas Carr describes in this article?
I don’t like to read. I personally would prefer to look it up online and go through the web to find the answer unless it is like a short story then I would rather have it in front of me.
18. So, do you think Google really is making us stupid? Why or why not? How or how not?

Google isn’t making us stupid. We make ourselves stupid if you believe the stupid information google posts sometimes. If you use google you should use it and not abuse it. Google is just a website which consists of a lot of information. You must read and watch what every website says. Google doesn’t make us stupid you google something to find out something new or something you are un sure about.