What google can do to help and destroy us.

In Nicholas Carr`s essay Is Google Making Us Stupid? summarizes that we are being taken over by technology, and that technology is becoming more like us. In his essay he starts us off with the ending scene in , Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, where Dave Bowman is trying to shut down the super computer, Hal, by taking out the hard drives. As Dave is taking out the hard drives Hal talks to Dave and says,"Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?" I feel he starts us off with this scene because he feels the need to show us, how technology evolved.

 Now that Dave succeeded in his mission, the computer ends his life with the song people taught Hal how to sing. We see now that the way of life s changing and how we try to change for the better. Right now that does not make any sense, but let me explain. We have changed our way of life to evolve around technology. Technology wants to become more like us, to the point they are us. We have programmed technology to make us more closer together. Being together can be a good thing, especially if your love ones are miles and miles away. Technology is a very special thing, just like the human body. We all need to have a strong body, and within that body we have an immune system. The immune system helps us stay healthy and alive, but it could also fail. From the immune system we have the brain. The brain keeps all our memory and information we need in life, for instance the internet. The internet is the whole brain of technology, without it we would not have made all the things we have created. Just like the brain we keep memories inside. We have good, bad, silly, angry, and boring memories. With the bad memories, putting it towards the internet, people are not nice when they should be. Bullying online can lead to many different ends. Maybe it would make someone stronger, or maybe end their own life. Cyber bullying has been a huge thing throughout the years. With many children, and young adults who had many more years to live for. I want to say RIP to some of just the few people who have chosen to leave us in this world, and on to the next; Amanda Todd age 15, Daniel Perry age 17, Shannon and Erin Gallagher ages 15 and 13, and Ciara Pugsley age 15. As you can see the deaths of many were so young. Hopefully we can see the light and see them again. To sum up my point technology can advance it`s self to becoming human like us, but there is one thing that can`t be duplicated, love. Technology can`t duplicate what our hearts feel the most, the feeling of our loved ones taken by technology and with the help of everyone else in this world.