Nicholas Carr - The Shallows

June 29, 2010 - 7:00pm
June 29, 2010 - 8:00pm
Expanding his much-discussed Atlantic Monthly article about the Internet’s social and cognitive effects, Carr argues from scientific and anecdotal evidence that the Web, by fostering distraction in place of concentration, changes how we read and think and even alters neural pathways.

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Hardcover)

By Nicholas Carr
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780393072228
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 06/01/2010
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