The Impact of Google on Cognitive Abilities: An Essay Analysis

The essay discusses the contentious claim that Google is making people less intelligent, emphasizing its utility while highlighting increasing dependence. It examines how modern reliance on technology affects critical thinking and reading habits, noting a shift from traditional methods of problem-solving to quick internet searches. The author argues for balancing technological use with exercising individual cognitive skills.

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The statement that Google is making us stupid and is taking away from people, their
power of thinking and reasoning, can be a highly debatable topic In the modern scientific era the
world will completely come to a standstill if one stops taking help from Google (Maurer, 2015).
However, this fact also cannot be neglected that in the modern day scenario man is becoming too
much mechanized and is forgetting the usage of his brain. A very good example can be solving
any questions or any problems be it math problem or any science question or any other such
thing. Earlier reading long books or narratives was never a boring habit but now one cannot
really concentrate in that for a long time (Hooper & Herath, 2014) Though Google is really
helping mankind a great deal the matter of concern is that man is becoming too much dependent
on Google. It is for this reason that he is losing interest in utilizing his own skill.
A very common feature noted among students or working officials is that even if they are
not working they spend time by browsing, reading blogs, emails or just going from one link to
the other. The common problem that people are facing nowadays is that they have lost their
ability to read or learn from a long 3-4 page narrative as it seems way too stressing for them.
Rather they would try to invest the time before browsing online (Carr, 2014). However, in the
modern age of mobilization when people are so busy, they naturally look for some artificial
intelligence that would be quick and will protect them from the poor efficient method of actually
turning the pages of the long narratives. Reliance on man upon computers and Google, in
general, cannot be ignored but at the same time, people must pay some attention in exercising
their own intelligence as well.

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References
Carr, N. (2014). Is Google Making Us Stupid?(2008). Focused Inquiry: Evolving Ideas, 2015,
101-07.
Hooper, V., & Herath, C. (2014). Is Google Making Us Stupid? The Impact of the Internet on
Reading Behaviour. In Bled eConference (p. 1).
Maurer, H. (2015). Does the internet make us stupid?. Communications of the ACM, 58(1), 48-
51.