The Shallows
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
by Nicholas Carr
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“I was...resistant to @Roughtype's The Shallow's when it came out. 10 years later, I think it's one of the most prescient books of the digital age. So I asked Carr to come on the podcast for a long overdue conversation: | It's really describing how Technology, actually shapes and changes our brain.”
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Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Barack Obama and Ezra Klein
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Technology, and Psychology.
Nicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in 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 This 10thanniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and b...
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Technology, and Psychology.
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“I was...resistant to @Roughtype's The Shallow's when it came out. 10 years later, I think it's one of the most prescient books of the digital age. So I asked Carr to come on the podcast for a long overdue conversation: | It's really describing how Technology, actually shapes and changes our brain.”
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