CAT 6 Blog Entry # 4.3

                After reading this passage, it made me really think about the affect Google has had on me. I agree with the author that Google is making us stupid in the sense of us being too lazy. However, Google does the same job that an index on the back of a textbook does. It shows the page a person can go to instead of going though all the pages. Other websites can be misleading and possibly have the wrong answers. That’s why the internet is such a special place, by having so much possibilities and choices to choose from.  I believe that the internet is affecting people in many ways.

In this passage, the author Nicholas Carr explains that he feels that the search engine website Google is making people stupid. He gives the website credit for the amazing ability to show useful information about anything in the blink of an eye. However, he feels like people become smarter thinking for themselves instead of finding information quickly. Then he says that Google and internet in general is a distraction from our concentration of our thoughts. He goes on to say that Google makes more money the more people click on links and its making us think superficially. He finishes his passage by saying if we want to develop our minds, we have to turn off most electronics and “start thinking”.  

The internet can make people lazy which can lead to health issues. Nowadays anything can be done from the internet. People can go shopping through the internet instead of waiting on long lines and walking around from store to store. Some people can actually work at home on the computer instead of normally driving to a workplace. Now spending too much time sitting down using the computer can cause many issues. Earlier this year I spent a lot of time staying home using the internet for my entertainment. All my friends would want to play sports or go out and I would always make up an excuse to not go and stay home using my computer. After a month or so my mother would always say you getting fat and I was, but I never noticed it. Then one day I went out to play basketball and I was so out of shape that I played for a few minutes and just couldn’t get up.

                Google can be used as “cheating” when it comes to schoolwork. Why go through so much work when you can search on Google. When I was a kid I had a project due that week which involved a bunch of questions. I was stressing it, going through all my notebooks and textbooks. My sister saw me and asked why I am spending so much looking for answers if I can just search on Google. That was the first time I was introduced to Google and I got my project done extremely fast. Unfortunately my teacher found out that I search Google and basically plagiarized everything and made me do it again.

                Google can have all your personal information shown just by typing full name. Google has so much power that it can show sometimes too much information. By typing up a full name of a person many different links will come up. Most of the time that person’s twitter, facebook, and myspace will be shown. Many people might have a problem with their pages being shown without the permission given. That’s how fake profiles are made, by using information shown by Google.

                The internet is a very special place that can be used in many beneficial ways to make the world easier and more entertaining. However, it can also have its many bad effects on people that can lead them to do many bad things. Google is starting to own everything on the internet by so much money being produced by people clicking on links. So we have got to start accepting that the internet is our future and will be used for everything.