What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence. The price of zipping among lots of bits of information is a loss of depth in our thinking.
Nicholas G. CarrThe practicality of technology may distinguish it from art, but both spring from a similar, distinctly human yearning.
Nicholas G. CarrOnce I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.
Nicholas G. CarrThe book, I think, like the map before it, like the clock, created or help create a revolution in the human mind in the way our habits of mind and ultimately the way we use our brains.
Nicholas G. CarrThe only thing going on is the progression of words and sentences across page after page and so suddenly we see this immersive kind of very attentive thinking, whether you are paying attention to a story or to an argument, or whatever. And what we know about the brain is the brain adapts to these types of tools.
Nicholas G. Carr