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The Shallows

What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr · 2010 · 280 pages

Cal Newport
Cal Newport
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

Cal Newport

About This Book

Nicholas Carr explores how the internet is re-wiring our brains and shifting human cognition from deep, focused reading to a state of constant distraction and shallow skimming. Drawing on neuroscience and history, the book examines the physical and intellectual consequences of our digital dependence.

Book Details

Published

2010

Pages

280

Language

en

ISBN

9780393339758

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize Finalist for General Nonfiction (2011)

Audiobook Available

10h 6m
Narrated by Paul Michael Garcia

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