The Shallows

尼古拉斯·卡尔，著名科技作家。出版有《浅薄》、《IT不再重要》、《要紧吗？》等著作，在《纽约时报》、《大西洋月刊》、英国《卫报》、《连线》杂志及其他报刊上经常发表文章。卡尔现与妻子居住在美国科罗拉多州。

出版者:W. W. Norton & Company

作者:Nicholas Carr

页数:280

出版时间:2011-6-6

价格:USD 15.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780393339758

图书标签:互联网英文原版浅薄语言学心理学美国社会学思考的选择权

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"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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Mind Boggling

书中的主要观点其实之前也有所了解，并不是特别震撼的东西，所以，感觉这书很温吞水，啰啰嗦嗦，尤其是那些生物学历史类的东西，看着晕，一扫而过，而且书引文太多了，感觉像篇堆砌别人观点来灌水的综述论文....之前看到某论坛推荐，评价太高导致俺期望过高，只能说凑合

Mind Boggling

书中的主要观点其实之前也有所了解，并不是特别震撼的东西，所以，感觉这书很温吞水，啰啰嗦嗦，尤其是那些生物学历史类的东西，看着晕，一扫而过，而且书引文太多了，感觉像篇堆砌别人观点来灌水的综述论文....之前看到某论坛推荐，评价太高导致俺期望过高，只能说凑合