Forthcoming book suggests the internet is inhibiting our ability to engage in deep thought

A new book due out this June by Nicholas Carr called "The Shallows:  What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains" argues that the internet is causing our brains to rewire themselves in a way that fosters superficial thinking and inhibits deeper thinking.  

From the publisher:

The best-selling author of The Big Switch returns with an explosive look at technology’s effect on the mind. “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. Weaving insights from philosophy, neuroscience, and history into a rich narrative, The Shallows explains how the Net is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of the screen watcher. A gripping story of human transformation played out against a backdrop of technological upheaval, The Shallows will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.

You can read an additional review courtesy of Amazon here.

(jbl)