Book
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
- Published
- 2010
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- 280
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9778945-the-shallows?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=kEFyJXQ4Fw&rank=2
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 17–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 12 onwards · ages 17–20
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
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.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780393339758
- ISBN-10
- 0393339750
Tags
Disabilities-LearningEducationReadingScienceThinking