Nicholas Carr’s “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” tackles one of the more important questions of the digital era: does our veracious consumption on the Internet come at the cost of our ability to read and think deeply?
While I have minor quibbles, overall I’m a big fan of the book; and apparently I’m not alone: “The Shallows” was nominated as a General Non-Fiction Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. If you have any interest in issues at the heart of the digital age, check this one out.
