The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Mar 2020 · W. W. Norton & Company
4.2star
5 reviews
Ebook
320
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About this ebook
New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
“This is a book to shake up the world.” —Ann Patchett Nicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioral effects of smartphones and social media.
“This is a book to shake up the world.” —Ann Patchett Nicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? This 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioral effects of smartphones and social media.
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4.2
5 reviews
Peter Shea
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September 13, 2022
This book is one of the first to document the pernicious influence of the internet on our habits of mind. It is carefully researched, well written, and profound in its analysis and implications.
Kris Guerra
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March 23, 2021
Good book, but this version is missing lots of pages.
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About the author
Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Glass Cage, and Utopia is Creepy. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Atlantic, and Wired. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.
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