What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence. The price of zipping among lots of bits of information is a loss of depth in our thinking.


Is Google Making us Stupid in The Atlantic, July 2008.

Nicholas G. Carr Quotes

What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more...

What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more...

What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more...

What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more...