Jamais Cascio and Nicholas Carr seem to have different ideas. In "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," Carr is stating his belief that the internet and other technological advances are being used in ways that are detrimental to our society. He argues that people are relying solely on the internet as their source of knowledge, instead of learning things from themselves. He claims that our society is spending so much time on social media networks and online sources that most of us find it hard to complete raw research and reading paper-back novels. Cascio, in “Get Smarter,” completely disagrees. Cascio is interested in the further development of the worldwide web and other technological resources. He believes that our society is progressing and is about to transition to a time where these industrial advances will aid us in our over-all improvement. He even ventures to say that we are about to experience situations that this technology will assist us in getting through. Cascio is entranced in the web's fast moving progression towards a higher intelligence and is looking forawrd to seeing where our society is in twenty or so years. One thing that both articles have in common is that they both agree that the web is fast-paced and is a heavy influence on our society. It is their opinions on this influence that make them differ.
I happen to agree with both of these authors. I agree with Carr when he claims that some forms of ADD are induced by our constant and ever-present addiction to multimedia. However, I also agree with Cascio when he claims that the same media is going to help us progress over the next few decades. Some statements from each of their articles make sense to me.
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