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Sign up todayThe Shallows
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
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Richard Powers
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Length
10 hours 5 minutes
Language
English
“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 the most compelling exploration yet published of the internet’s intellectual and cultural consequences.
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 the screen watcher.
A gripping story of human transformation played out against a backdrop of technological upheaval, The Shallows will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.
Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and four other acclaimed books. A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, he writes for The Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
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“A must-read for any desk jockey concerned about the Web’s deleterious effects on the mind.”
“This is a lovely story well told―an ode to a quieter, less frenetic time when reading was more than skimming and thought was more than mere recitation.”
“Neuroscience and technology buffs, librarians, and Internet users will find this truly compelling.”
“Cogent, urgent, and well worth reading.”
“[Carr] is an astute critic of the information technology revolution…Carr’s fresh, lucid, and engaging assessment of our infatuation with the Web is provocative and revelatory.”
“Nicholas Carr has written a Silent Spring for the literary mind.”
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