It’s no-one’s idea of news that the internet is changing the way we live. But could it actually be fostering ignorance?
Nicholas Carr (The Big Switch, The Shallows) is one of the world’s most ground-breaking thinkers on technology and its impacts. In this conversation with journalist Gideon Haigh, he describes how internet use is changing our brains. Distraction, skim-reading and instant information - all hallmarks of the new technology - have real potential to reduce our capacity for deep concentration and deep reading.
The Wheeler Centre, September 2010
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Part 1 | Part 2It’s no-one’s idea of news that the internet is changing the way we live. But could it actually be fostering ignorance?
Nicholas Carr (The Big Switch, The Shallows) is one of the world’s most ground-breaking thinkers on technology and its impacts. In this conversation with journalist Gideon Haigh, he describes how internet use is changing our brains. Distraction, skim-reading and instant information - all hallmarks of the new technology - have real potential to reduce our capacity for deep concentration and deep reading.
The Wheeler Centre, September 2010
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