The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

what the Internet is doing to our brains

276 pages

English language

Published June 7, 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company.

ISBN:
978-0-393-07222-8
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OCLC Number:
449865498
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6966823

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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, published in the United Kingdom as The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember, is a 2010 book by the American journalist Nicholas G. Carr. The book expands on the themes first raised in "Is Google Making Us Stupid?", Carr's 2008 essay in The Atlantic, and explores the effects of the Internet on the brain. The book claims research shows "online reading" yields lower comprehension than reading a printed page. The Shallows was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.

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4 stars

Extremely interesting, very well readable book on how the digital media and tools we consume and use, affect our brains. I was shocked to find out how radically memory, attention span and even empathy are influenced by these tools. I already was sceptical of these technologies and the prominent role they have in our everyday lives, but this book truly convinced me of the importance of de-digitalizing some parts of life.
Highly recommend!

Subjects

  • Neuropsychology
  • Internet -- Physiological effect
  • Internet -- Psychological aspects