出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
副标题: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
出版年: 2010-6-15
页数: 276
定价: USD 26.95
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780393072228
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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...
"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.
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尼古拉斯·卡尔 作者
作者简介 · · · · · ·
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.
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0 有用 庄常飞 2012-02-17 21:03:48
三星半。不是没有养分,但一个五星的杂志长文还是不要各种延伸比较好些
0 有用 同人于野 2010-10-19 01:43:21
此书在互联网对人类整个阅读的影响的讨论具有历史意义
0 有用 雪地里的水煮蛋 2012-05-19 06:42:54
2011年是读这本书开始的。如今有必要复习一下了
3 有用 summer sunset 2015-07-31 23:36:16
读起来像是《娱乐至死》的进一步阐释,能在飞速变化着的环境下停下来,跳出去反思的人都很伟大。但讽刺的是,这样一本由一篇文章衍生出来的书也多少受了它所讨论的网络时代的负面影响。作为一本社科类图书,深度或是可读性都挺一般的。
0 有用 徐栖 2012-06-01 08:58:07
一定是之前在网上的 exposure 太多了,减少了本书论点的震撼度。
0 有用 王长史登茅山 2023-03-31 20:32:10 美国
很好看,但是有点啰嗦,其实核心就是讲互联网干扰了我们深度思考的能力。但是这本书写的时候又没有什么实证研究,手机还没出来,不过前面讲跟互联网没关的东西倒是挺有意思,again除了有点啰嗦。理论上应该给4颗星,但是实在太啰嗦了。前面讲文字的发明,造纸术的发明。都特别有意思。
0 有用 Retrotopia 2022-08-24 12:47:05 浙江
还是基英课上看的,里面有很多写作素材,但阅读体验不太好,可能当时太菜了看不太懂
0 有用 Alkis_Tangelis 2022-08-01 01:27:32
有point,“Internet bombards us with scattered info (or directly distraction), and deters us from deep focused thinking, which is necessary for explicit long term memory etc”, but 废话太多。。。。
1 有用 Voyager 2022-03-20 10:21:29
在读2020再版 。主要探讨文明发展过程中信息媒体的变迁对人类深度思维的影响。有不少值得深思的地方,不过这类西方journalist work的一大缺点就是 重复观点太多了……虽然可以巩固记忆的加深思考 不过适可而止啊!读的时候很想把手机给打爆,可讽刺的是我是在边玩手机游戏边读完它的XD
0 有用 熊 2021-03-15 18:43:15
论述的过程略显琐碎,没有仔细读完,结论记住了