As one of the largest tech companies, Google has reached to just about every aspect of our culture. Google has even branched out from being a noun. We use it in daily speech as a verb, as websites like "Let me Google that for you!" display.
In Nicholas Carr's article for the Atlanitic "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", Carr claims that Google (or rather the internet at large) has changed the way we think. While I can't agree with his negative approach to the issue, I do understand his argument that Google is everywhere.
Google has become the lens through which I view and process information. Like a pair 3-D goggles you put on when entering a movie theater. They organize the images so my brain doesn't have too. Giving me the images and information I want without the hassle of sorting through it myself.Carr says,
"A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I’ve got the telltale fact or pithy quote I was after."But it's not just the quotes I can find more easily through my Google lenses -- it's just about everything.
All the products Google puts out are meant to help you organize and sort through information.
Google Drive organizes my documents.
Google Cloud backs up and sorts my photos.
Google Plus organizes my friends and acquaintances.
Gmail process my communications and contacts.
Youtube sorts and presents everything from humor to learning in video format.
Blogger lets me presents and organize my ideas.
I use all of these lenses. Daily. In fact, multiple times a day!
Without my Google lenses I fear I would feel like a movie goer without my 3D glasses. The images would be complicated and blurry and I wouldn't be able to find what I was looking for easily.
I am holding off judgement on the effect of my lenses. But, I'll admit that they certainly make my view experience much more pleasurable.
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