The Shallows

Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, The Big Switch, and Does IT Matter? He has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other periodicals. He lives in Colorado with his wife.

出版者:W. W. Norton & Company

作者:Nicholas Carr

页数:276

出版时间:2010-6-15

价格:USD 26.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780393072228

图书标签:互联网思维传媒media英文原版InternetInternet,科学

"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Now, Carr expands his argument into the most compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences yet published. As he describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--Carr interweaves a fascinating account of recent discoveries in neuroscience by such pioneers as Michael Merzenich and Eric Kandel. Our brains, the historical and scientific evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways. Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic--a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. He explains how the printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In stark contrast, the Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Its ethic is that of the industrialist, an ethic of speed and efficiency, of optimized production and consumption--and now the Net is remaking us in its own image. We are becoming ever more adept at scanning and skimming, but what we are losing is our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection. Part intellectual history, part popular science, and part cultural criticism, The Shallows sparkles with memorable vignettes--Friedrich Nietzsche wrestling with a typewriter, Sigmund Freud dissecting the brains of sea creatures, Nathaniel Hawthorne contemplating the thunderous approach of a steam locomotive--even as it plumbs profound questions about the state of our modern psyche. This is a book that will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.

读后感

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5p 便利是有代价的。媒体不仅仅是信息通道，媒体提供思考的素材，同时它们也在影响思考的过程。阅读方式的改变，思考方式也会随之而变。 9p 自从活字印刷术发明以来，读书成为人们的普遍追求，线性的文学思维一直都是艺术、科学及社会的中心。这种思维集灵活又深奥，它是文艺复...  

从上世纪90年代开始，以个人电脑为基础的互联网得到快速发展，让我们感受到了信息获取和传输的超大方便。而面对未来，我们还将迎接以智能手机为代表的移动互联网给我们生活带来的巨大改变。处在第三次工业革命——信息技术革命的漩涡中，我们该欢呼雀跃，还是该忧心忡忡？ ...  

没看浅薄之前，虽然依稀觉得注意力越来越难以集中了，常常为了某个原因打开网页后就不知不觉点了一个又一个“只瞄一眼就关掉”的网页，接着时间就不知不觉的溜走了。（看到这里，决定以后再看这篇文的盆友你以后真的会看么！） 这本书则从各个角度证实了我那“依稀感觉有点不对...  

惊心动魄的一本书！！（本书颇有点罗嗦，不过也许，这是作者观点的见证，人们已经失去了读长篇大论的能力） 作者一上来就用实验数据来证明了，synapses 是用进废退的。经常锻炼使用的大脑功能会越发加强，不经常使用的慢慢退化消失。 网络，电脑，有着太多的distraction，每秒...  

用户评价

前半本都在讲发展史，完全可以略过不看

我以后再也不上网了！！！！！！！！！！！

一本将近十年前就读过的书，最近又听了一遍...|大概对当时来说Neuroplasticity还很新，简单来讲就是想说fragmented info/online reading让人更难专注地进行深刻的思考。当下meditation兴起也算是一种回击了。果然十年以后没人需要读这本书就知道了这个道理，但大家还是孜孜不倦心甘情愿地被抖音洗脑吧- -算法早就改变了我们生活的方方面面。

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