Nicholas Carr on Cognitive Downside of Web

Wired magazine offers a new article from Nicholas Carr claiming that heavy web experiences results in specific cognitive challenges.

The Internet is an interruption system. It seizes our attention only to scramble it. There’s the problem of hypertext and the many different kinds of media coming at us simultaneously.

Carr is more a science writer than a scientist and seems committed to the “rewired it” position on how we are influenced by our experiences. This is a good general read for those not wanting to investigate the underlying literature.

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