Nicholas G. Carr Quotes

A collection of quotes by Nicholas G. Carr.

Nicholas G. Carr is an American writer and scholar known for his work on the intersection of technology, culture, and business. He has authored several influential books, including "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains" and "The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google." Carr's work often explores the impact of technology on human cognition and society, questioning the effects of the digital age on our ability to think critically and deeply. He has been widely recognized for his thought-provoking insights and has contributed to numerous publications, including The Atlantic and Harvard Business Review.

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[Patricia Greenfield] concluded that every medium develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others. Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies has led to the widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills. We can, for example, rotate objects in our minds better than we used to be able to. But our new strengths in visual-spatial intelligence go hand in hand with a weakening of our capacities for the kind of deep processing that underpins mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.

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