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092 0 303.4|bengelska
100 1 Thompson, Clive,|d1968-|4aut
245 10 Smarter than you think :|bhow technology is changing our
minds for the better /|cClive Thompson
246 30 How technology is changing our minds for the better
264 1 New York :|bThe Penguin Press,|c2013
264 4 |c©2013
300 341 pages ;|c25 cm
336 text|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|2rdamedia
338 volume|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references and index
505 0 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
520 " It's undeniable-technology is changing the way we think.
But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers,
Clive Thompson delivers a resounding "yes." The Internet
age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence,
worthy of both celebration and analysis. We learn more and
retain it longer, write and think with global audiences,
and even gain an ESP-like awareness of the world around
us. Modern technology is making us smarter, better
connected, and often deeper-both as individuals and as a
society. 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 to use the new and retaining what's good of
the old. Thompson introduces us to a cast of extraordinary
characters who augment their minds in inventive ways.
There's the seventy-six-year old millionaire who digitally
records his every waking moment-giving him instant recall
of the events and ideas of his life, even going back
decades. There's a group of courageous Chinese students
who mounted an online movement that shut down a $1.6
billion toxic copper plant. There are experts and there
are amateurs, including a global set of gamers who took a
puzzle that had baffled HIV scientists for a decade-and
solved it collaboratively in only one month. Smarter Than
You Think isn't just about pioneers. It's about everyday
users of technology and how our digital tools-from Google
to Twitter to Facebook and smartphones-are giving us new
ways to learn, talk, and share our ideas. Thompson
harnesses the latest discoveries in social science to
explore how digital technology taps into our long-standing
habits of mind-pushing them in powerful new directions.
Our thinking will continue to evolve as newer tools enter
our lives. Smarter Than You Think embraces and extols this
transformation, presenting an exciting vision of the
present and the future. "--|cProvided by publisher
520 "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 to use the new and retaining what's good
of the old. Thompson introduces us to a cast of
extraordinary characters who augment their minds in
inventive ways. There's the seventy-six-year old
millionaire who digitally records his every waking moment-
-giving him instant recall of the events and ideas of his
life, even going back decades. There's a group of
courageous Chinese students who mounted an online movement
that shut down a $1.6 billion toxic copper plant. There
are experts and there are amateurs, including a global set
of gamers who took a puzzle that had baffled HIV
scientists for a decade--and solved it collaboratively in
only one month. Smarter Than You Think isn't just about
pioneers. It's about everyday users of technology and how
our digital tools--from Google to Twitter to Facebook and
smartphones--are giving us new ways to learn, talk, and
share our ideas. Thompson harnesses the latest discoveries
in social science to explore how digital technology taps
into our long-standing habits of mind--pushing them in
powerful new directions. Our thinking will continue to
evolve as newer tools enter our lives. Smarter Than You
Think embraces and extols this transformation, presenting
an exciting vision of the present and the future"--
|cProvided by publisher
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650 0 Information technology|xSocial aspects
650 0 Internet|xSocial aspects
650 0 Information technology|xPsychological aspects
650 0 Internet|xPsychological aspects
650 0 Social media
650 0 Thought and thinking
650 7 Informationsteknik|xsociala aspekter|2sao
650 7 Informationsteknik|xpsykologiska aspekter|2sao
650 7 Internet|xsociala aspekter|2sao
650 7 Internet|xpsykologiska aspekter|2sao
650 7 Sociala medier|2sao
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