More On The Shallows

In today's New York Times I have an essay responding to Nicholas Carr's new book, The Shallows. While I disagree with the overarching conclusions of Nick's book, it's a great read and wonderfully written, with many fascinating detours through the history of media and technology.  I encourage everyone to pick it up.

I wanted to post a few additional comments on the Times piece. The crux of my disagreement with Nick is spelled out in this section of the essay:

The problem with Mr. Carr's model...