I think what the book did in addition to its practical uses, is it gave us a more attentive way of thinking.
I think we begin to lose the ability to read in the deepest, most interpretive ways because were not kind of calming our mind and just focusing on th… - Nicholas G. Carr
I think we begin to lose the ability to read in the deepest, most interpretive ways because were not kind of calming our mind and just focusing on th…
- Nicholas G. Carr
What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more towar… - Nicholas G. Carr
What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more towar…
We don’t constrain our mental powers when we store new long-term memories. We strengthen them. With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement… - Nicholas G. Carr
We don’t constrain our mental powers when we store new long-term memories. We strengthen them. With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement…
The Internet, like all intellectual technologies has a trade off. As we train our brains to use it, as we adapt to the environment of the internet, w… - Nicholas G. Carr
The Internet, like all intellectual technologies has a trade off. As we train our brains to use it, as we adapt to the environment of the internet, w…
A lot of your mental energy goes to figuring out where does one word end and the next begin. - Nicholas G. Carr
A lot of your mental energy goes to figuring out where does one word end and the next begin.
It's interesting to think about how the book changed us. - Nicholas G. Carr
It's interesting to think about how the book changed us.
We become, after the arrival of the printing press in general, more attentive more attuned to contemplative ways of thinking. - Nicholas G. Carr
We become, after the arrival of the printing press in general, more attentive more attuned to contemplative ways of thinking.
Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. - Nicholas G. Carr
Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.
The only thing going on is the progression of words and sentences across page after page and so suddenly we see this immersive kind of very attentive… - Nicholas G. Carr
The only thing going on is the progression of words and sentences across page after page and so suddenly we see this immersive kind of very attentive…
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