Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds

Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better

A revelatory and timely look at how technology boosts our cognitive abilitiesâ€”making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever

Itâ€™s undeniableâ€”technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding â€œyes.â€ In Smarter Than You Think, Thompson shows that every technological innovationâ€”from the written word to the printing press to the telegraphâ€”has provoked the very same anxieties that plague us today. We panic that life will never be the same, that our attentions are eroding, that culture is being trivialized. But, as in the past, we adaptâ€”learning to use the new and retaining what is good of the old. Smarter Than You Think embraces and extols this transformation, presenting an exciting vision of the present and the future.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES11305071
Color Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate 2014-08-26
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884138595825
EANs 9780143125822

Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better