Is Smarter Than You Think, And Is Google Making USarter?

Technology could help people adapt in ways that could help them change the way they think, but could negatively affect their abilities. In “Smarter than You Think”, Clive Thompson claims that technology can help humans be smarter, and I agree because it is the most effective way people can expand their thinking. People use technology such as computers to mentally challenge themselves, so they can improve. Playing a computer in any sort of game could be a game changer for humans to help them improve their performance and overcome their mistakes. Thompson also claims that digital tools can help people’s lives become easier and connect with other people through social media. However, technology can be used against people’s abilities. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Smarter?”, he argues how technology doesn’t make people any smarter. Carr mentions how the most concerning ability being

However, Thompson argues how technology is changing people’s mind for the better and how technology is benefiting us. Thompson tells us that computers are helping us think differently to learn new ways for players. He also tells us how digital tools are making our lives easier by communicating through social media, sharing ideas to everybody, and learning new ways from technology. Nicholas Carr disagrees that technology doesn’t positively change the way we think or could be beneficial. Carr claims that it will change how we process knowledge such as our literacy and he gave a personal experience of how his literacy became poorly along with his friends from technology. Also, the internet spams us advertisements to get people's attention and distract them from processing information. It’s clear now that technology does change how people acknowledge information and it’s what keeps us