Dumbest Generation Essay

Culminating Activity Dumbest Generation?

We all know technology has taken over us without even noticing it. Although technology has changed throughout these years, it has had its good perks in many reasons such as making our lives easier with just one single click. However, because of this, it has lacked us from actually doing some research or actually trying to educate ourselves mentally and physically. In the sources below, we will notice how technology has had somewhat of an affect on why we might be the ¨dumbest generation¨ as questioned. Each source is being said in the authors own perspective and what they think lead to us being the dumbest generation.

First off all, I will go ahead and analyze sources to support the claim of

This source gives us a good look on why google might be the blame for all of this. Google has grown immensely these past years, it has helped us a lot, what I mean a lot. When we need to find the answer for something we use google, when we need a definition for something we use google, we can even search up the weather on google, its that easy now. As quoted from the source ¨ Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes.¨ As we can see little by little we are slowly getting in the habit of having everything done for us. Next thing you know the internet will be caring fo us. Although it's good that we have google to help us when we are stuck in something and can't figure out something, we can't always rely on it. The more we use the internet, we tend to use our brain less making it difficult for us to process things on our own. Again, another claim can be found to prove that we might be the dumbest generation yet.

Lastly, I will use source 8 a cartoon called ¨Shelved¨, by Roz Chast. No words need to be used to understand the meaning behind this picture. As seen a person is either in a library or bookroom sitting down alone with a computer obviously doing a research of some sort. How ironic isn't it ? Everyone is so blinded in finding the easy way out instead of actually using the knowledge they have to do some reading