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• W2607240616 abstract "In the New York Times Bestseller and 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, author Nicholas Carr takes the reader on an historical journey of technological inventions perceived as advancements, as he informs and cautions the reader on the implications of the latest installment of these innovations, the Internet. Carr, a writer for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Wired is also the author of The Big Switch and Does IT Matter ?, books which are critical examinations of information technology and its potential for detrimental effects on the general public. The Shallows argues that the information highway is leading us to a questionable destination. By providing notable examples of technologies introduced throughout history and describing the negative cultural and societal consequences of the adoption of those technologies, The Shallows encourages the reader to ruminate on the effects the Internet has had on the human brain and the resulting changes in personal and societal behaviors. In his examination of technologies introduced throughout history, Carr provides a well-developed and balanced introduction to the sociocultural pros and cons of technological development. As Carr plods from Gutenburg's printing press to Nietzsche's typewriter, he adeptly intrigues the reader with evidence of how each new contraption spelled changes for the user. But Carr doesn't stop his treatise at the superficial observation of behavioral changes; he provides evidence of underlying physiological and anatomical changes accompanying the behaviors as he supports his arguments with scientific findings on neural plasticity. The book claims that the Internet is adversely affecting the human brain rendering the brain incapable of contemplative and reflective thought processes and creating a distracted populace. Carr maintains that [the Internet] is so much our servant that it would seem churlish to notice that it is also our master (p. 4). In The Shallows, Carr makes a convincing argument that the Internet is indeed fragmenting the human brain. In order to provide support for a well-developed argument of the negative effects of the Net on users, Carr retreats into history to extract examples of inventions hailed as having a beneficial influence on lifestyle. Carr gives the reader background on the ways Nietzsche felt the typewriter ball changed his composition style, and the author provides illustrations regarding how map making helped individuals discover structures otherwise unknown. These examples are supplemented by Carr's thorough treatment of other inventions that have happened over time and affected the culture of the time. For example, the author's recounting of the progression of timekeeping takes the reader on a journey to discover how the timepiece changed from large pendulum-swinging mechanical clocks to smaller and less expensive regulators carried on persons as part of their daily clothing, ultimately dominating day to day living with regimen. The miniaturization and proliferation of timepieces have pushed people from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution continuing to the modern era. It is not merely by coincidence that this chronicle and others in this book reinforce the author's position in an analogous storyline. Time and again the author narrates relevant accounts of inventions at work in the lives of users proliferating to play ever increasing obtrusive roles. With each subsequent example, Carr traces the resultant negative consequences of the innovation. While the author's comprehensive discourse on the role of technology in defining civilization and the debates that have ensued with the introduction of each new gadget is substantive, readers may grow weary of the dialogue as they are unable to see the connection with the book title. The merit of the book is discovered in the voluminous scientific evidence presented regarding the neurologic changes the human brain undergoes in response to environmental challenges. …" @default.
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