Culture is sustained in our synapses...It's more than what can be reduced to binary code and uploaded onto the Net. To remain vital, culture must be renewed in the minds of the members of every generation. Outsource memory, and culture withers.
Nicholas G. CarrI think if you look back through the intellectual history of human beings you can trace the way that intellectual technologies influence the way we think.
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. CarrAs soon as you introduce the mechanical clock, you get a radically different view of time. Suddenly, it's not a flow; it's a series of discreet, precisely measurable units, seconds, minutes, hours, and so forth.
Nicholas G. Carr