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The shallows what the Internet is doing to our brains
"Weaving insights from philosophy, neuroscience, and history into a rich narrative, The Shallows explains how the Internet is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of screen watcher"--Container.
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- ""Weaving insights from philosophy, neuroscience, and history into a rich narrative, The Shallows explains how the Internet is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of screen watcher"--Container."@en
- "Weaving insights from philosophy, neuroscience, and history into a rich narrative, Carr explains how the Internet is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of the screen watcher."@en
- ""Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question in an Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: as we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Now, Carr expands his argument into and exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences. Weaving insights from philosophy neuroscience, and history, this book explains how the Internet is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of the screen watcher."@en
- "Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch, joins the internet morality debate by questioning its effects on human intelligence. Blending philosophy, neuroscience, and history, Carr reveals the internet's effect on modern culture and social evolution."@en
- "Describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind", from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways. Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, the author makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic, a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence."@en
- "Carr discusses the intellectual and cultural consequences of the Internet, and how it may be transforming our neural pathways for the worse."@en
- "The bestselling author of The Big Switch returns with an explosive look at technology's effect on the mind."Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question in an Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us ..."@en