Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Questions:

1. Is the internet,or technology in general, causing more harm than good?
2. Due to the present generation using the internet more and more, will their ability to focus and have an imagination suffer?
3. Is reading on the internet causing people to lose focus easier than before?

Response:

With the internet, and different technological advances, being as new as it is, and with myself not being old enough to see a significant change from when there was not internet, I tend to believe that the internet is doing more good than harm. I have been using the internet since before I was even in middle school for homework and connecting with family that doesn’t live in the same state as I. Although the internet can cause harm, by causing people to lose focus easier, I feel that there in the long run the internet is more helpful. People nowadays can use the internet to communicate with people, apply for jobs, and in fact are actually reading more. Although it may be a different type of reading, people are able to read articles, books, magazines, etc. on the internet. Technological advances, like in the medical field, have come so far and have done so much good for people now than ever before. People that aren’t able to go to the pharmacy and refill their prescription, can now just call it in or even take a picture of it on their smartphones and send it in. The advances in medical technology and just technology in general is coming so far and is coming up with so many different ways to help out different communities. For older people that live at home and cannot go to the grocery store to buy food, they can order from the store on the internet and have it sent to their house. While some people may believe that the internet and technology is harming our minds because “the more we use the net the more we fight to stay focused” but on the contrary there are technological tools that help to extend our mental capacities. From what I can see, technology is helping the people today and is helping them with things and making it easier to do day to day things.