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Nicholas Carr

“Should the Egyptians learn to write, Thamus goes on, “it will implant forgetfulness in their souls: they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks.” The”

Nicholas Carr, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
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The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
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