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I didnt need a book to tell me that too much time on the internet was bad for me, so i didnt think i needed to read the shallows. Dana gioia, poet and former chairman of the national endowment for the arts neither a tubthumpingly alarmist jeremiad nor a breathlessly panglossian ode to the digital self, nicholas carrs the shallows is a deeply thoughtful, surprising exploration of. In measured, calm prose, carr who, yes, uses the internet interprets a staggering amount of scientific evidence and social history to show how we shouldnt allow the internet and its accompanying practices to dictate our lives. Jun 05, 2010 nicholas carr on the superficial webby mind.
He has written for the new york times, the wall street journal, atlantic, and wired. Some of the main findings are discussed, such as the influence of the internet on brain plasticity, cogitation, and concentration. As a consequence there are profound changes in the way we live and communicate. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
The shallows what the internet is doing to our brains nicholas carr w. Need help with chapter 2 in nicholas carrs the shallows. What the internet is doing to our brains, argues that the tools we use to think with our intellectual technologies not only shape our habits of thought but exert an actual physical influence on the neurons and synapses in our brains. Carr places networked computers in the same lineage as the clock, the map, and the printing press. Nicholas carr is the author of the shallows and the glass cage. What the internet is doing to our brains, the technology writer nicholas carr extends this anxiety. What the internet is doing to our brains by nicholas carr norton, 2010. In the shallows by nicholas carr, he asserts that the evolution of information and communication technology icts is having a detrimental impact on our brains despite the many benefits and advances we have made with it.
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