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Nicholas G Carr Quotes

It’s interesting to think about how the book changed us Picture Quote #1

What the book does as a technology is shield us from distraction Picture Quote #1

Worrying about what might go wrong may not be as glamorous a job as speculating about the future, but it is a more essential job right now Picture Quote #1

The practicality of technology may distinguish it from art, but both spring from a similar, distinctly human yearning Picture Quote #1

I think if you look back through the intellectual history of human beings you can trace the way that intellectual technologies influence the way we think Picture Quote #1

I think that the book in some ways is the most interesting from our own present standpoint, particularly when we want to think about the way the internet is changing us Picture Quote #1

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I think what the book did in addition to its practical uses, is it gave us a more attentive way of thinking Picture Quote #1

We become, after the arrival of the printing press in general, more attentive more attuned to contemplative ways of thinking Picture Quote #1

The book, I think, like the map before it, like the clock, created or help create a revolution in the human mind in the way our habits of mind and ultimately the way we use our brains Picture Quote #1

When somebody’s talking to us, they’re not putting pauses - carefully putting pauses between words. It all flows together. The problem with that though, it’s very hard to read Picture Quote #1

A lot of your mental energy goes to figuring out where does one word end and the next begin Picture Quote #1

I think we begin to lose the ability to read in the deepest, most interpretive ways because were not kind of calming our mind and just focusing on the argument or the story Picture Quote #1

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Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski Picture Quote #1

Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems Picture Quote #1

One of the fascinating things about early writing on slates, on papyrus, even on early handwritten books, is for instance, there were no space between the words. People just wrote in continuous script Picture Quote #1

When somebody’s talking to us, they’re not putting pauses - carefully putting pauses between words. It all flows together. The problem with that though, it’s very hard to read Picture Quote #1

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It’s interesting to think about how the book changed us (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) What the book does as a technology is shield us from distraction (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) Worrying about what might go wrong may not be as glamorous a job as speculating about the future, but it is a more essential job right now (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) The practicality of technology may distinguish it from art, but both spring from a similar, distinctly human yearning (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) I think if you look back through the intellectual history of human beings you can trace the way that intellectual technologies influence the way we think (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) I think that the book in some ways is the most interesting from our own present standpoint, particularly when we want to think about the way the internet is changing us (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) I think what the book did in addition to its practical uses, is it gave us a more attentive way of thinking (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) We become, after the arrival of the printing press in general, more attentive more attuned to contemplative ways of thinking (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) The book, I think, like the map before it, like the clock, created or help create a revolution in the human mind in the way our habits of mind and ultimately the way we use our brains (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) When somebody’s talking to us, they’re not putting pauses - carefully putting pauses between words. It all flows together. The problem with that though, it’s very hard to read (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) A lot of your mental energy goes to figuring out where does one word end and the next begin (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) I think we begin to lose the ability to read in the deepest, most interpretive ways because were not kind of calming our mind and just focusing on the argument or the story (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) One of the fascinating things about early writing on slates, on papyrus, even on early handwritten books, is for instance, there were no space between the words. People just wrote in continuous script (Nicholas G Carr Quotes) When somebody’s talking to us, they’re not putting pauses - carefully putting pauses between words. It all flows together. The problem with that though, it’s very hard to read. (Nicholas G Carr Quotes)