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Is The Internet Changing The Way You Think?: The Net's Impact On Our Minds And Future (2011)

by John Brockman(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0062020447 (ISBN13: 9780062020444)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: A compendium of 150+ intellectuals, creatives, entrepreneurs, philosophers voicing their opinions on the human thought process as it is developing along-side the internet. Opinions range from positive, to negative, to uncertainty, all the while acknowledging the major impact of information overload through speed and accessibility.Rating: 4.2? - Plenty of historical opinion and intuitive insight of what may establish itself. Also how the internet affects scientific, technological, and political innovation. Perspective educating, to say the least.Food for Thought: There is a disparity between those who use the internet for prosperity and development, and those who use it for abstaining and time wasting :P
review 2: This book consists of numerous tiny essays on th... moree relationships between the Internet and human thinking. The good thing is that it offers a great diversity of perspectives from various intellectuals ranging from artists to writers to mathematicians. The downside is in its format as well: the essays are so short that they only allow the introduction of ideas without further development or critical interpretation. Overall, worth reading.Update:since I am interested in gender and technology, I became curious and counted gender ratio of the book's contributors: 80% men and 20% women (in the best case and approximately... I may have missed a few people). And again, contributors come from a variety of fields, including psychology, biology, film-making and much more... Seriously, are there not enough female public intellectuals whose opinion could be asked on the personal, social and political implications of the digital technology? less

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