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Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters and What We Can Do about It
Future Minds illustrates how to maximise the potential of digital technology and minimise its greatest downside, addressing the future of thinking and how we can ensure that we unleash the extraordinary potential of the human mind. We are on the cusp of a revolution. Mobile phones, computers and iPods are commonplace in hundreds of millions of households worldwide, influen...more
ebook, 224 pages
Published
October 7th 2010
by Nicholas Brealey Publishing
(first published 2010)
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An enjoyable, insightful book that I never finished. Sometimes that happens with me and non-fic; I stop and set aside the book when something really clobbers me so I can ruminate and classy stuff like that. I'll either have to recheck it out from the library or buy it, I s'pose.
I like that the author is not a dooms-dayer; I'm sick of all these negative books--it's like everything's going to kill you, or kill your kids, or kill your country. Richard Watson approaches this material in an intellig...more
I like that the author is not a dooms-dayer; I'm sick of all these negative books--it's like everything's going to kill you, or kill your kids, or kill your country. Richard Watson approaches this material in an intellig...more
An interesting argument for a "slow thinking" movement. Some good points about the need to allow ideas to form and the benefits of boredom. Overall nothing strikingly new but it is worth reminding ourselves to leaves the screens behind and take a walk by the sea occasionally.
Interesting analysis of digital culture, essentially arguing that we are bombarding ourselves with input at the expense of taking time to sit back and think. It's a slanted view of digital culture, yes, but quite persuasive. Food for thought.
Worth a read as we think of how the "screenager" thinks and learns. Some interesting studies cited as well ...what, real data??!!!
Maybe something good points can be take.
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