Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, The Big Switch, and Does IT Matter? He has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other periodicals. He lives in Colorado with his wife.
"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Now, Carr expands his argument into the most compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences yet published. As he describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--Carr interweaves a fascinating account of recent discoveries in neuroscience by such pioneers as Michael Merzenich and Eric Kandel. Our brains, the historical and scientific evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways. Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic--a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. He explains how the printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In stark contrast, the Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Its ethic is that of the industrialist, an ethic of speed and efficiency, of optimized production and consumption--and now the Net is remaking us in its own image. We are becoming ever more adept at scanning and skimming, but what we are losing is our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection. Part intellectual history, part popular science, and part cultural criticism, The Shallows sparkles with memorable vignettes--Friedrich Nietzsche wrestling with a typewriter, Sigmund Freud dissecting the brains of sea creatures, Nathaniel Hawthorne contemplating the thunderous approach of a steam locomotive--even as it plumbs profound questions about the state of our modern psyche. This is a book that will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.
惊心动魄的一本书!!(本书颇有点罗嗦,不过也许,这是作者观点的见证,人们已经失去了读长篇大论的能力) 作者一上来就用实验数据来证明了,synapses 是用进废退的。经常锻炼使用的大脑功能会越发加强,不经常使用的慢慢退化消失。 网络,电脑,有着太多的distraction,每秒...
评分 评分没看浅薄之前,虽然依稀觉得注意力越来越难以集中了,常常为了某个原因打开网页后就不知不觉点了一个又一个“只瞄一眼就关掉”的网页,接着时间就不知不觉的溜走了。(看到这里,决定以后再看这篇文的盆友你以后真的会看么!) 这本书则从各个角度证实了我那“依稀感觉有点不对...
评分在不久本人在豆瓣的“我说”这一应用上写了这么一句话,为了和本书内容向一致,不如您去看链接--http://www.douban.com/note/136798992/在那个页面上可以通往“我的日记”,“我的日记”可以通往“我的页面”,然后再通往关注我的人以及我关注的人之链接。哇哦,如果有...
评分我以后再也不上网了!!!!!!!!!!!
评分前半本都在讲发展史,完全可以略过不看
评分需要认真做个笔记
评分三星半。不是没有养分,但一个五星的杂志长文还是不要各种延伸比较好些
评分本书主要阐述互联网、计算机如何改变人们的大脑。一句话总结:我们认为自己是工具的主宰,而工具其实才是我们的主人。
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