The Resource The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr
The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr
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The item The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--The alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences. Our brains, scientific evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. Building on insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a case that every information technology carries a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. The printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In contrast, the Internet encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information. As we become ever more adept at scanning and skimming, are we losing our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection?--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 276 pages
- Contents
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- The watchdog and the thief
- Hal and me
- The vital paths
- On what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself
- Tools of the mind
- The deepening page
- On Lee de Forest and his amazing audion
- A medium of the most general nature
- The very image of a book
- The juggler's brain
- On the buoyancy of IQ scores
- The church of Google
- Search, memory
- On the writing of this book
- A thing like me
- Human elements
- Isbn
- 9780393072228
- Label
- The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains
- Title
- The shallows
- Title remainder
- what the Internet is doing to our brains
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicholas Carr
- Subject
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- Aufmerksamkeit
- Brain -- Physiology
- Brain -- physiology
- Cognition
- Denken
- Fysiologische aspecten
- Intellect
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet -- Physiological effect
- Internet -- Political aspects
- Adaptatie (fysiologie, biologie)
- Internet -- Social aspects
- Internet -- fysiologiska aspekter
- Internet -- psykologiska aspekter
- Kognitive Psychologie
- Neurofysiologi
- Neuropsychologie
- Neuropsychologie
- Neuropsychologie
- Neuropsychology
- Neuropsykologi
- Psychologie
- Psychologische aspecten
- Internet -- Psychological aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--The alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences. Our brains, scientific evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. Building on insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a case that every information technology carries a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. The printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In contrast, the Internet encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information. As we become ever more adept at scanning and skimming, are we losing our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection?--From publisher description
- Awards note
- Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Carr, Nicholas G.
- Dewey number
- 612.80285
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP360
- LC item number
- .C3667 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2010 I-398
- WL 300
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Neuropsychology
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet
- Brain
- Intellect
- Brain
- Internet
- Cognition
- Internet
- Internet
- Neuropsychologie
- Kognitive Psychologie
- Aufmerksamkeit
- Neuropsychologie
- Internet
- Fysiologische aspecten
- Psychologische aspecten
- Adaptatie (fysiologie, biologie)
- Internet
- Denken
- Psychologie
- Neuropsychologie
- Neurofysiologi
- Internet
- Neuropsykologi
- Internet
- Label
- The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The watchdog and the thief -- Hal and me -- The vital paths -- On what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself -- Tools of the mind -- The deepening page -- On Lee de Forest and his amazing audion -- A medium of the most general nature -- The very image of a book -- The juggler's brain -- On the buoyancy of IQ scores -- The church of Google -- Search, memory -- On the writing of this book -- A thing like me -- Human elements
- Control code
- ocn449865498
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393072228
- Lccn
- 2010007639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o449865498
- (OCoLC)449865498
- Label
- The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The watchdog and the thief -- Hal and me -- The vital paths -- On what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself -- Tools of the mind -- The deepening page -- On Lee de Forest and his amazing audion -- A medium of the most general nature -- The very image of a book -- The juggler's brain -- On the buoyancy of IQ scores -- The church of Google -- Search, memory -- On the writing of this book -- A thing like me -- Human elements
- Control code
- ocn449865498
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393072228
- Lccn
- 2010007639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o449865498
- (OCoLC)449865498
Subject
- Aufmerksamkeit
- Brain -- Physiology
- Brain -- physiology
- Cognition
- Denken
- Fysiologische aspecten
- Intellect
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet -- Physiological effect
- Internet -- Political aspects
- Adaptatie (fysiologie, biologie)
- Internet -- Social aspects
- Internet -- fysiologiska aspekter
- Internet -- psykologiska aspekter
- Kognitive Psychologie
- Neurofysiologi
- Neuropsychologie
- Neuropsychologie
- Neuropsychologie
- Neuropsychology
- Neuropsykologi
- Psychologie
- Psychologische aspecten
- Internet -- Psychological aspects
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