Google (verb)

To Google something as simple as how to get to a restaurant right down the street, or how to do a certain math problem has become a part of our daily lives. Being a college student, I have my fair share of "googling" basic information just to make sure I am accurate and it has actually become one of my rituals when doing homework. The role that Google has played in lives across the country is astounding. Everyone googles something, no matter what it is, each and everyday, and Google has become a huge game changer for people around the world.

Google has made America simple and very reliable on its power of infinite information. Anything you're uncertain about, what is your immediate go-to source? I guarantee you it's not an encyclopedia. Having every website at your fingertips and every type of information just a click away  has become so alluring that people actually believe it has become something to be addicted to. Having such simplicity is seducing the weak minded that it has actually made its way into the human mind and made such a connection that it has burned its name into your memory and now is your go-to source for anything that your looking for.

Since Google has bought out Youtube, the other mind-killer, Google in itself has become an unstoppable player in the game of simplistic technology. Youtube consumes the lives of millions each day with videos on cats jumping off cars, or babies laughing hysterically without the user actually realizing how much time they are actually wasting. Youtube is a constant distractor from homework, jobs, chores, and other everyday responsibilities.

People are becoming blind from how badly technology is consuming our lives and how dependent we are becoming to our computers, tablets, smartphones, etc.

2 comments:

  1. Nice post Kaila. Funny that you describe Google as a "mind-killer" because one of the authors we are talking about today, by Nicolas Carr, argues quite literally that Google and the web are altering our consciousness...

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  2. Google has afforded us the free time it takes to watch youtube. Funny how that works.

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