Following up with the last journal I found another article about Carr’s article. One of the first things O’Brien mentions about Carr’s article is the title. He, in my words, says that if people didn’t actually take the time to read the article they would believe it was about the internet search engine Google’s impact on our collective intelligence. I thought about how tempted I was just to glance at the article and call it a day after I scrolled down and saw how long the article actually was. Like I mentioned in the last journal I have become a creature of convenience, a child of the microwave age. I want things when I want them and I want them to come quick and easy. It’s the mindset of my generation and those after mine. My generation is one of microwaves, internet search engines, TiVo, e-mail, instant messaging and a million other things that make like quick and to the point. Its part of the reason why I’m so impatient, I’m used to getting what I want right away or in minimal time.
I’m also used to having tools to make me life as easy as possible. Doing math in my head can seem so unreasonable to me on some days. I’ve grown accustomed to the use of a calculator, I even took four years of calculator based math and find math without it impossible. I mean with my cell phone always in reach, I always have at least a basic calculator around. Spell-check is another necessity in my life. My ability to spell over the years has decreased, like the O’Brien I can’t spell my way out of a bag. Technology has hurt me in these ways, but now that I have it, I can’t live without it. This ages technology is issuing a new way of thinking, yet it has me wondering is new better??
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