by Nicholas Carr
A Pulitzer Prize finalist that examines how the Internet is rewiring our neural pathways, diminishing our capacity for deep reading, sustained concentration, and contemplative thought. Carr synthesizes neuroscience research on brain plasticity with the history of intellectual technologies to argue that the medium of the Internet is fundamentally altering how we think.
In this collection, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains references 4 other books.
It draws on The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The Design of Everyday Things and Emotional Intelligence.
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Invokes Kuhn's framework of paradigm shifts to argue that the transition from print to digital media represents a fundamental change in how knowledge is structured and transmitted
Extends Norman's principles of how designed interfaces shape cognition, showing that the hyperlinked, distraction-laden design of the web systematically undermines deep thinking
Engages with Goleman's research on attention and focus as foundations of emotional intelligence, arguing that Internet use erodes the sustained attention these capacities require
Engages with Thaler and Sunstein's concept of choice architecture to show how the Internet's designed defaults and hyperlink structures nudge users toward shallow browsing rather than deep reading
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