The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

Nicholas Carr

304 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science technology informative reflective medium-paced

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Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic—a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. He explains how the prin...

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