Carr, Nicholas G.

A collection of essays that examines the impact of new technologies on culture and everyday life in the early twenty-first century.

"Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented"--Jacket flap.

Examines the physiological and psychological effects the Internet has on the brain and argues that human focus and patience have become shorter, deep thought has lessened, and reading has turned into scanning due to changes the Internet usage causes on neural pathways.

Explores how the latest advances in computer technology have influenced business, society, and culture around the world and speculates on how those changes will continue to impact life in the future.

Examines the physiological and psychological effects the Internet has on the brain and argues that human focus and patience have become shorter, deep thought has lessened, and reading has turned into scanning due to changes the Internet usage causes on neural pathways.