Nicholas Carr
Person on 4 sites
American journalist and writer on technology, business and culture (born 1959); his book The Shallows (2010) was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in…
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22 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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More information did not open minds or inform people better; it can mean less understanding (opens korrents.com)
“We now know the answer: It was going to widen the gap between the pseudo-environments in which people think and feel and the real environment in which they live and act. It was going to reveal a fundamental paradox of…”
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The vision of a Great Community built on communication has been shattered, leaving us overwhelmed by information (opens korrents.com)
“Although it inspires still, much as Whitman’s verse does, Dewey’s vision of a Great Community, in which the machinery and the art of communication come into perfect, living harmony, has been shattered. We live in its…”
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Online companies have an economic interest in distraction and do not want leisurely reading or concentrated thought (opens korrents.com)
“The last thing these companies want is to encourage leisurely reading or slow, concentrated thought. It’s in their economic interest to drive us to distraction.”
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More information did not open minds or inform people better; it can mean less understanding (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Machine in the Garden (opens rcmnd.app)
“Leo Marx has died, at the mighty age of 102. His work, particularly The Machine in the Garden, inspired many people who write on the cultural consequences of technological progress, myself included.”
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The Information (opens rcmnd.app)
“While the story that The Information tells is a celebration of human ingenuity, it also leaves you with the question of whether, by industrialising information, we may be sacrificing the richness of meaning and…”
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The Master Switch (opens rcmnd.app)
“That’s the story Tim Wu tells in The Master Switch.”
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The Machine in the Garden (opens rcmnd.app)