Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. What the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. Whether I'm online or not, my mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles.


The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains (2010)

Nicholas G. Carr Quotes

Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. What the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my ...

Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. What the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my ...

Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. What the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my ...

Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. What the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my ...