It has a far reaching impact on us and our education system with enough examples and friendly explantion to make it practical.

I also liked to use of the thoeries and research of John Sweller.

If you are a pundit, parent, or professor, it is really worth exploring. If you could give The Shallows a new subtitle, what would it be? What about Paul Michael Garcia’s performance did you like? Audio for easy listening when exercising or doing tasks, reading when you get time to sit and concentrate. By content and nature I found it worked in great with the ebook. Where does The Shallows rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? I am buying the hard copy too I just want this on my shelves. 'The internet makes you stupid.' There is nothing else it could be! If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? The narration is excellent well balanced, easy to listen too, and really brings the story to life. What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative? Reading this book will really open your eyes, and you won't forget it. Several months after finishing it the book is still resonating with me, and this is despite the fact that I have read many neuroscience books both before and after The Shallows. It covers an enormously broad scope of history yet is fascinating at every turn, and this is the first book I've really felt compelled to take the time to review.

This book gives a comprehensive review of how communication and media have changed over the ages, and of the effects this has had on our minds and the way we think. Would you listen to The Shallows again? Why? A gripping story of human transformation played out against a backdrop of technological upheaval, The Shallows will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds. Weaving insights from philosophy, neuroscience, and history into a rich narrative, The Shallows explains how the Internet is rerouting our neural pathways, replacing the subtle mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of the screen watcher. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: as we enjoy the Internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Now, Carr expands his argument into the most compelling exploration yet published of the Internet’s intellectual and cultural consequences. “Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question in an Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. The best-selling author of The Big Switch returns with an explosive look at technology’s effect on the mind.

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr