This is the book for our upcoming book club meeting. I probably wouldn't have read it, otherwise -- I had read the author's article in Atlantic Monthly this summer, and kind of thought I had heard all there was. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, the internet shortens our attention span, blah blah blah." --but I'm so glad I read it. The basic premise is that the technologies we use actually alter the physiology of our brains, and the regular use of the internet is causing us to lose some of the brain-strengths we had gained from the technology of the book.
After reading it, I kind of want to give a copy to every person I know.
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You can give a copy to meeeee. For my birthday.
I only skimmed your review. Too long, got bored.
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