Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Nicholas Carr - The Shallows
Nicholas Carr is a writer who is critical of the way in which the internet is shaping our learning and development. He believes it leads to us being less capable of concentration and what he calls "deep focus". His book "The Shallows" expands on this thesis.
The book began life as an article Is Google Making Us Stupid
You can read extracts from the book online here and there's a review of the book here.
His ideas are well worth studying as they provide a critical voice on the explosion in connectivity and web-based technology that now surrounds us. If you've ever struggled to finish an essay without compulsively checking Facebook you may well agree with him!
The book began life as an article Is Google Making Us Stupid
You can read extracts from the book online here and there's a review of the book here.
His ideas are well worth studying as they provide a critical voice on the explosion in connectivity and web-based technology that now surrounds us. If you've ever struggled to finish an essay without compulsively checking Facebook you may well agree with him!
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