Smarter than you think : how technology is changing our minds for the better / Clive Thompson.
Smarter than you think : how technology is changing our minds for the better / Clive Thompson.
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New York : The Penguin Press, c2013.
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G 2013/4203
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English
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Physical content
341 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The rise of the centaurs -- We, the memorious -- Public thinking -- The new literacies -- The art of finding -- The puzzle-hungry world -- Digital school -- Ambient awareness -- The connected society.
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Publisher
New York : The Penguin Press, c2013.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2013.
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"In Smarter Than You Think Thompson shows that every technological innovation--from the written word to the printing press to the telegraph--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 adapt--learning...
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Smarter than you think : how technology is changing our minds for the better / Clive Thompson.
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How technology is changing our minds for the better.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2013/4203
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74VKmWyyb2Xg
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ISBN
1594204454 (hardback)
9781594204456 (hardback)
DDC
303.4833
MMS ID
991020629459702626