As soon as you introduce the mechanical clock, you get a radically different view of time. Suddenly, it's not a flow; it's a series of discreet, precisely measurable units, seconds, minutes, hours, and so forth.
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.
- Nicholas G. Carr
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.
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…
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…
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.
What the book does as a technology is shield us from distraction. - Nicholas G. Carr
What the book does as a technology is shield us from distraction.
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…
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 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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