Charles Black
Member since May 15, 2012
Oct 16, 2012
www.wired.com
The mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use of computers and the Net
Oct 16, 2012
www.wired.com
“Five hours on the Internet and the naive subjects had already rewired their brains,”
more brain activity is not necessarily better brain activity
When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning.
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Jun 14, 2012
www.theatlantic.com
in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes. A few Google searc
As part of the five-year research program, the scholars examined computer logs documenting the behavior of visitors to two popular research sites, one operated by the British Library and one by a U.K. educational co
that provide access to journal articles, e-books, and other sources of written information. They found that people using the sites exhibited “a form of skimming activ
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Jun 6, 2012
ideasandthoughts.org
introduced me to RSS in late 2002
Rob Wall introduced me to RSS in late 2002
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