The cognitive effects are measurable: We're turning into shallow thinkers, says Nicholas Carr.
by Nicholas Carr
Wall Street Journal
The Roman philosopher Seneca may have put it best 2,000 years ago: "To be everywhere is to be nowhere." Today, the Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information. But a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that the Net, with its constant distractions and interruptions, is also turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers.
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