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Sep 10, 2012 technology commentator nicholas carr discusses his book, the shallows. Jun 07, 2011 what emerges for the reader, inexorably, is the suspicion that we have well and truly screwed ourselves. The best book i read last year and by best i really just mean the book that made the strongest impression on me was the shallows, by nicholas carr. In his new book, the shallows, he laments that the web. Like most people, i had some strong intuitions about how my life and the world have been changing in response to the internet.
It has been out for about two years and many people, much smarter than i have had their take at it. Its a nonstop provider of rewards for a brain largely driven by seeking of rewards. How the internet is changing the way we think, read and remember, is a 2010 book by the american journalist nicholas g. This is a book that will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds. The shallows, a 2016 thriller film starring blake lively. Carrs fascination with recent brain research threads continuously through all the excursions and speculations he offers.
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What the internet is doing to our brains paperback by nicholas carr. Usa today the shallows is a book everyone should read. The shallows is not a manifesto for luddites, nor does it seek to turn back the clock. Carr came upon this question as he found his ability to concentrate had gotten worse and worse since the advent of the internet. Mar 03, 2020 the best book i read last year and by best i really just mean the book that made the strongest impression on me was the shallows, by nicholas carr. The shallows, a 2012 album by i like trains the shallows, a song performed by dogs eye view on the 1997 album daisy the shallows, a song performed by bear hands on the 2016 album youll pay for this. Its words become wrapped in all the distractions of the networked computer. Nick carr provides a thoughtprovoking and intellectually courageous account of how the medium of the internet is changing the way we think now and how future generations will or.
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