
Title: | Smarter than you think : how technology is changing our minds for the better / |
Authors: | Clive Thompson, Author |
Material Type: | book |
Publisher: | New York : Penguin Press, 2013 |
ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-1-59420-445-6 |
Size: | 341 p. / 25 cm |
Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-327) and index |
Languages: | English |
Class number: | T58.5 |
Subjects: | Information technology--Psychological aspects ; Information technology--Social aspects ; Internet--Social aspects ; Social media |
Description: | " It's undeniabletechnology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding "yes." The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both celebration and analysis. We learn more and retain it longer, write and think with global audiences, and even gain an ESP-like awareness of the world around us. Modern technology is making us smarter, better connected, and often deeperboth as individuals and as a society. In Smarter Than You Think Thompson shows that every technological innovationfrom the written word to the printing press to the telegraphhas provoked the very same anxieties that plague us today"-- |
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013185 | T58.5.T56 2013 | Book | ISU Library | Main collection | Available |