The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World (The MIT Press)
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The brain has allowed us to perform extraordinary feats from discovering general relativity to painting the Sistine Chapel, from building airplanes to composing symphonies. And yet, we still forget to pick up milk on the way home. How can this be?
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Some consumer experts point to a benchmark that when 50 million people have used a product it is considered to have “penetrated” society.
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Technology has also rapidly invaded our language. Every year the Oxford English Dictionary adds new words that it feels deserve to be part of the English language.
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where to find the answers to our questions than we were at remembering the answers themselves.