Book : The Shallows What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains

-Titulo Original : The Shallows What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains

-Fabricante :

W. W. Norton & Company

-Descripcion Original:

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. Review A modern classic of internet criticism. Quartz Silent Spring for the literary mind. Slate Eloquent. Chicago Tribune Riveting. San Francisco Chronicle Absorbing [and] disturbing. Wall Street Journal Essential. Salon Provocative. Boston Globe Rewarding. Financial Times A book everyone should read. American Scientist Grade: A. Newsweek 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.