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Colbert Report: Nicholas Carr says the Internet short-circuits our mental processes by constantly bombarding us with information. (04:54)
Seeded on Thu Jul 1, 2010 12:52 PM EDT
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Heck yeah!
One thing I've noticed about myself is that I always feel the need to have more than one thing going on now, such as internet AND TV in the background AND music. It's like I can not overload.
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#2 - Thu Jul 1, 2010 2:32 PM EDTYeah but he's not just saying people multitask more - i think all sides of the debate agree with that - but that it's making us dumber and that i'm not sure i agree with.
I don't know if I agree with "dumber" either, but it certainly decreases my sensitivity. Like now I'm less observant. But that's just me - I do worse with more choices.
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There are people writing and making counter arguments - that we're able to do more because we multitask and the question isn't smarter vs dumber as a) whether we do somethings less well if we multitask (A separate issue from smart or dumb and b) how do we measure "smart"?
if it's measured by, say, how fast someone can get information we're smarter - thanks, google and wikipedia - if it's whether we memorize something that's another matter entirely.
I think that he is saying that the Internet tends to encourage people to learn a little about a lot of things without having a thorough understanding of any of them, and when we are multitasking we usually are not performing any of the tasks well.
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Here is more about Carr's arguments
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1
Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains
#3 - Fri Jul 2, 2010 11:26 PM EDTand some feedback from Stephen Pinker and Douglas Rushkoff are here - I interviewed Rushkoff here
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