First of all, according to Perez, people between thirteen to thirty one years old are into the era where “[w]ork isn’t [our] Whole World: Sure, [we’re] going to go to work, but it had better be fun. For Gen Y [the age gap], work isn't [our] identity. It's just a place. [We’re] also not going to blindly follow orders just because you're the boss” (Perez). Even if today is not the right way to say this because there is a world wide crisis, I have two friends who are hopeful on finding another job because they are sick and tired of their current one. This is what one of them would repeat to me over and over again: “I have so many ideas for the company to advance, but they would not compensate me for this.” He is currently an engineer, but makes extra money with his small construction company. He uses the internet to advertise his construction company because he is unsatisfied with the current job he has because it is not fun for him anymore and does not let him advance through his career goals. From his point of view, the quote above confirms that this is a reality and that it is happening.
Second, I agree and disagree with the following quote: They (websites) supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. (Carr) I agree because I am aware that they’re changing how we process all of our thoughts because they (internet’s websites) give us the answer right away, but I also disagree because I think that they are helping us to develop our minds with knowledge and understanding which helps us to fix the puzzles that no one else can solve.
Just like Zimmer discusses on his article that the Internet seems to be crashing the gate of the mind, taking over its natural work and leaving it to wither away to a mental stump. Through my personal view, I am not perplexed anymore since I have been using the internet since 2000, but today, I constantly use dictionary.com, google.com for images and English/Spanish translators. It makes me to get rid of any doubts and any useless thoughts too. It also makes me save time because I do not have to flip several dictionaries’ pages anymore. It is an advantage because it let us focus on other important things that we all have to do: such as work, school, localization of addresses, etc
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