Reading endangers stupidity, they say. But what if it depends not only on the content, but also on the medium, whether we actually become smarter or dumber?
In his groundbreaking book “The Shallows”, Nicholas Carr proves that the internet – in the truest sense of the word – changes our brain structure.
An important and upshaking book that encourages us to wonder: Are we still the masters of our thoughts? Is deep thinking only possible as long as there are texts written on paper? Is our last hope to renounce the internet? Can we learn to manage the digital content pieces that are constantly fluttering around us without going mad? How can we develop relevant content for the channels of our time? And how can we still reach the people out there with massages that are important?
Nicholas Carr, „The Shallows“
„The Net’s interactivity gives us powerful new tools for finding information, expressing ourselves, and conversing with others. It also turns us into lab rats constantly pressing levers to get tiny pellets of social or intellectual nourishment.“ Nicholas Carr