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What is the point of I-pods? Why do we walk around wired to the musical world? We are living in the age of the technologic boom, where the world revolves around technology. So what does that change in our society? Well, first off, we are no longer old fashioned, meaning no more books or such. Also, everything is new and improved. Back then, when technology first rose, items were the size of like boulders. The first computers, telephones, radios and televisions, or T.V, were very large. Today, these same products shrunk down to baby size. So how does that relate to the "i-pod" idea? Society has come a long way with the development of music and music technology. It used to be CD's and radios. There was no such as digital downloading and "burning". The main point of the I-pod is portability and simplicity. You see everyone with one of these things, which fit in their pockets, which aren't even big! Apparently, these days, the smaller the thing is, the more it is able to sell to the consumer. Second of all, why Apple i-pods out of all the other mp3 players? Apple climbed the popularity ranks in just a day because of it's clever innovation. Now, having an i-pod is like a trend. Everyone HAS to have one. And if you don't, well thats terrible.
Personally, I do own one of these. I am a techie person who also believes that music makes up most of his life. As a musician, I need to open my ears to music all day, everyday. I am one of those who can't ride the bus to school in the morning unless my i-pod is in my pocket. However, I am aware of the crazy phenomenon of the i-pod. There are some pros and some cons. One pro is that this product does in fact sky-scrape the rest of the products because of its sleek design. Instead of adding a plethora of details in the finish, it stays very simple, giving it the sleekness. Therefore, it is eye candy to those who walk past it in a store. Today, people are attracted to products only from its looks. If it looks nice, then they have to have it.
Technologically speaking, we can literally hold and listen to our favorite songs in a couple of clicks. This satisfies society in a sense that we want everything quick and easy. This is a result of the impact of technology. We are adapted to the incredible speed of the latest inventions. Apple is making it so easy for people to use their product, while making it enjoyable. Society demands it, Apple provides it.
We are attached to a tech toy that holds music that shows who we are. We can determine what kind of person one is by what music they have in it. Again, it is also about trend. Since there are new products one after another, we are temped to get the latest things. We have to keep up with everyone else, just because it's what's the "new thing" these days.

"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Abstract

The crazy phenomenon of the net has twisted the heads of our generation. What it was known as a source is now known as a life dependent. Nicholas Carr believes that the life absorbing thing called "Google" has shut down our minds in the sense that we have become ridiculously lazy and we have developed short attention spans. When we want facts, we want them now. The result of the internet is we don't need to work for anything. It's basically like free food at a convention. Carr says, "They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of moving particles." It seems as if we are animals; free shelter, free food. The impact has gone so far today, that the person next to you in the diner can say the same thing. The next thing we know, libraries will be extinct, encyclopedia editors will be unemployed, and maybe even paper will disappear. Carr believes that google has made us so stupid, that if someone asks you something they don't know, we will say 2 words. "Google it."

"Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

The internet has morphed our minds to take reading to a different level. This level is efficient, but it is not good for us. In traditional times, people did not have net to depend on. They were forced to manually research information. Now that we have the net, every little possible piece of information is available to us in a single click. Because of this, we tend to want the info quick and easy. This is the problem with the net. As the title states, Google IS making us stupider. Our dependency is like poison, it slowly deteriorates our skill for reading and researching. Today, the net is a necessity for almost every aspect of the world and society. Business, medicine, and even art all require the internet. It is like our main controlling system. Our society has depended on the net for so long now that its what makes the world go around. In the short run, the net is beneficiary and has advantages because it makes our lives a whole lot easier, but in the long run, it will only make our minds weaker and our way of processing and thinking dull.