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True, we use it to stay on the surface, but it is not for the sake of laziness. It is for survival
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is an autonomous process that will proceed in its chosen direction independently of us.
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The problem with the Internet medium (or strength, as Malcolm Gladwell would argue) is how it pushes us towards "thin-slicing" or grazing information rather than digging in more deeply and considering it. Like
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10 Feb 09
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At least I would.
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Blink: The Power of Thinking
Without Thinking?
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why do we need so much information? Here is where we can blame technology, at least in part. Technology has destroyed the isolation of distance, so more of what happens matters to us.
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We need to know more because we are expected to make more decisions.
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09 Aug 08
Lisa Spiro[The July/August issue of Atlantic Monthly features a cover story by Nicholas Carr: "Is Google Making Us Stupid: What The Internet is doing to Our Brains". Carr is author of the recently published The Big Switch: Rewiring the world, from Edison to Google and a blogger: Rough Type. He is also an Edge contributor.
Danny Hillis disagrees with his argument. Here is Hillis's comment was an interesting Edge Reality Club discussion, cross-referenced with a discussion on the Encyclopedia Britannica website. —JB]reading googlebooks literary_research_course information_overload
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22 Jul 08
Howard RheingoldWe are now trying to comprehend the global village with minds that were designed to handle a patch of savanna and a close circle of friends. Our problem is not so much that we are stupider, but rather that the world is demanding that we become smarter.
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20 Jul 08
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We evolved in a world where our survival depended on an intimate knowledge of our surroundings. This is still true, but our surroundings have grown.
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I do not mean to suggest that all the information we gather is for civic purposes. That I need to know more to do my job goes without saying, but I also need to know more just to have friends. I manage to get by without knowing exactly why Paris Hilton is famous, but I cannot fully participate in society without knowing that she is well known. Of course, my own social clan has its own Charlie Rose version of celebrities, complete with must-read books, must-understand ideas, and must-see films. I am expected to have an opinion about the latest piece in The Atlantic or the New Yorker. Actually, I need to learn more just to understand the cartoons.
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We evolved in a world where our survival depended on an intimate knowledge of our surroundings. This is still true, but our surroundings have grown. We are now trying to comprehend the global village with minds that were designed to handle a patch of savanna and a close circle of friends. Our problem is not so much that we are stupider, but rather that the world is demanding that we become smarter. Forced to be broad, we sacrifice depth. We skim, we summarize, we skip the fine print and, all too often, we miss the fine point. We know we are drowning, but we do what we can to stay afloat.
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We will certainly lose some treasured ways of thinking but the next generation will replace them with something new.
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Olivier Le Deuffle débat sur l'article de Carr.
Intéressant de retrouver quelques partisans des folksonomies. D'une certaine manière, c'est le débat entre modernes et anciens, entre technophiles et technophobes. Le débat est donc ailleurs sur la nécessaire distance critique. -
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17 Jul 08
Mark TracyI really like what Danny Hillis writes about our world expanding, having to keep up and as a consequence losing depth.
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The problem with the Internet medium (or strength, as Malcolm Gladwell would argue) is how it pushes us towards "thin-slicing" or grazing information rather than digging in more deeply and considering it. Like a New Yorker piece that gives people the self-congratulatory and ultimately reassuring tidbits they need to discuss an issue at a cocktail party, the Web feeds in more bite-size doses.
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