The shallows : how the Internet is changing the way we think, read and remember / Nicholas G. Carr.

By: Carr, Nicholas G, 1959- [author.]
Language: English Publisher: London : Atlantic Books, 2020Description: x, 294 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmedtiated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781838952587Other title: The shallows [Spine title] | The shallows : what the internet is doing to our brain [Added title page title]Subject(s): Computers and civilization | Internet -- Psychological aspects | Internet -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 612.802854678
Contents:
Prologue: The watchdog and the thief -- One: Hal and me -- Two: The vital paths -- A digression: on what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself -- Three: Tools of the mind -- Four: The deepening page -- A digression: On lee de forest and his amazing audion -- Five: A medium of the most general nature -- Six: The very image of a book -- Seven: The juggler's brain -- A digression: On the buoyancy of IQ scores -- Eight: The church of google -- Nine: Search, memory -- A digression: On the writing of this book -- Ten: A thing like me -- Epilogue: Human elements -- Notes -- Further reading -- Acknowledgement -- Index
Review: "Nicholas Carr argues that not since Gutenberg invented printing has humanity been exposed to such a mind-altering technology. The Shallows draws on the latest research to show that the Net is literally re-wiring our brains inducing only superficial understanding. As a consequence there are profound changes in the way we live and communicate, remember and socialise - even in our very conception of ourselves. By moving from the depths of thought to the shallows of distraction, the web, it seems, is actually fostering ignorance. The Shallows is not a manifesto for luddites, nor does it seek to turn back the clock. Rather it is a revelatory reminder of how far the Internet has become enmeshed in our daily existence and is affecting the way we think. This landmark book compels us all to look anew at our dependence on this all-pervasive technology. This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioural effects of smartphones and social media"--Publishers description.
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Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Glass Cage, and Utopia is Creepy. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Atlantic, and Wired. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: The watchdog and the thief -- One: Hal and me -- Two: The vital paths -- A digression: on what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself -- Three: Tools of the mind -- Four: The deepening page -- A digression: On lee de forest and his amazing audion -- Five: A medium of the most general nature -- Six: The very image of a book -- Seven: The juggler's brain -- A digression: On the buoyancy of IQ scores -- Eight: The church of google -- Nine: Search, memory -- A digression: On the writing of this book -- Ten: A thing like me -- Epilogue: Human elements -- Notes -- Further reading -- Acknowledgement -- Index

"Nicholas Carr argues that not since Gutenberg invented printing has humanity been exposed to such a mind-altering technology. The Shallows draws on the latest research to show that the Net is literally re-wiring our brains inducing only superficial understanding. As a consequence there are profound changes in the way we live and communicate, remember and socialise - even in our very conception of ourselves. By moving from the depths of thought to the shallows of distraction, the web, it seems, is actually fostering ignorance. The Shallows is not a manifesto for luddites, nor does it seek to turn back the clock. Rather it is a revelatory reminder of how far the Internet has become enmeshed in our daily existence and is affecting the way we think. This landmark book compels us all to look anew at our dependence on this all-pervasive technology. This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioural effects of smartphones and social media"--Publishers description.

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