Excerpt from The Shallows, which is likely to be an influential book. I only skimmed the article :) (I’m waiting for my copy of the book to arrive, hopefully early next week.) See this page for links to more info, reviews, etc.
What kind of brain is the Web giving us? That question will no doubt be the subject of a great deal of research in the years ahead. Already, though, there is much we know or can surmise—and the news is quite disturbing. Dozens of studies by psychologists, neurobiologists, and educators point to the same conclusion: When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning. Even as the Internet grants us easy access to vast amounts of information, it is turning us into shallower thinkers, literally changing the structure of our brain.
Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, R - Flash Player Installation
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