Book · 2010 · neurobiology
The Shallows
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There's a book called the shallows about what social media does to us.
Neal Brennan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2024 Listen at 2:11:06 What they say about it
- Discusses author Nicholas Carr“Nicholas Carr started writing on this”4
The best things said about it
The best book on this would be The Shallows, Nick Carr's book The Shallows.
And it's similar to this's this book called the shallows how the internet's making us think more shallow superficially yeah um I think there's a parallel in the in the data or the statistics World.
Nick Carr, who I think inaugurated this particular trend when he wrote The Shallows almost a decade ago.
Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr is an influential examination of how internet technology, web browsing, and social media alter human cognition, diminish deep reading capacity, and encourage superficial thinking. The book has sparked significant commentary among cultural and technological commentators. On Modern Wisdom, Cal Newport recommended the work as the definitive text on understanding modern attention spans and the way people consume online content. Emily Jashinsky on Breaking Points and Neal Brennan on The Joe Rogan Experience both referenced Carr's thesis to discuss how outsourcing critical thinking to computers and social media causes the brain to atrophy and fundamentally shifts human interaction. Jeremy Weber on EconTalk drew parallels between Carr's observations and the data science world, noting how digital environments encourage superficial analysis. Furthermore, Maryanne Wolf and Ezra Klein discussed the book on The Ezra Klein Show to explore the origins of the phrase 'shallow reading' and how Carr's insights reshaped their own views on reading habits. Finally, Venkatesh Rao on EconTalk cited Carr's historical comparisons, noting how critics of modern technology continually echo earlier debates about new tools degrading human intelligence.
Every mention
Cal Newport A lot of this is captured in um the best book on this would be uh The Shallows. Nick Carr's book The Shallows. 1
“A lot of this is captured in um the best book on this would be uh The Shallows. Nick Carr's book The Shallows.”
Emily Jashinsky And Nicholas Carr started writing on this. When was the Shallows? Was like 2011. That's right. Yeah. 1
“And Nicholas Carr started writing on this. When was the Shallows? Was like 2011. That's right. Yeah.”
Ezra Klein its actually Nicholas Carrs book that began to the shallows 1
“its actually Nicholas Carrs book that began to the shallows”
Jeremy Weber and it's similar to this's this book called the shallows how the internet's making us think more shallow su… 1
“and it's similar to this's this book called the shallows how the internet's making us think more shallow superficially yeah um I think there's a parallel in the in the data or the statistics World”
Maryanne Wolf thats part of why Nicholas Carr used the term shallows 1
“thats part of why Nicholas Carr used the term shallows”
Neal Brennan there's a book called the shallows about what social media does to us 1
“there's a book called the shallows about what social media does to us”
Venkatesh Rao Nick Carr who I think inaugurated this particular trend when he wrote the shallows almost a decade ago he a… 1
“Nick Carr who I think inaugurated this particular trend when he wrote the shallows almost a decade ago he actually quotes Plato and Phaedra's sense as right still this time it's different Google is making us stupid”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“remember the book the shallows came out I I try to do deep tasting like deep reading”