The rest of the title is: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains. This is a leftover book from one of my daughters college classes, I am not sure which one, maybe a communication class. It is an interesting read because it talks about how the computer and internet is changing the way people read and think. It also goes back in history and talks about how other break throughs have changed the way people think--printing press, typewriters, word processors and so on. While interesting, it is sort of a cat's out of the bag thing--if that is the right expression, where the internet is not going away. The harmful things like short blips of reading, busy screens with ads & links & general disturbances, addiction to constantly updated info, these are things that certainly haven't gone away since this book was written over 10 years ago. Still an interesting read and does make you think about the future of people and in depth thinking.
There are 26 WL for this book in PBS but might go into my loan out pile too to see if friends would be interested.
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