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Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?: The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future (Edge Question Series) Paperback – January 18, 2011

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How is the internet changing the way you think? That is one of the dominant questions of our time, one which affects almost every aspect of our life and future. And it's exactly what John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to more than 150 of the world's most influential minds. Brilliant, farsighted, and fascinating, Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? is an essential guide to the Net-based world.

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The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of Know This, This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes.

Series: Edge Question Series
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (January 18, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780062020444
ISBN-13: 978-0062020444
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Hilton Barbour

Worthy of reflection but repetitive

January 4, 2012

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While I certainly did enjoy much of this book - and it did introduce me to Edge.org which was an unexpected boon - I'd have to concur with earlier reviews. By the half-way point the views and opinions gathered start to feel remarkably similar. Granted I assume all of these were written in a vacuum by the contributors so they'd have no way of knowing the unconscious level of "group think" that was happening. I lay the blame at the editor's feet for this oversight. All the contributors are incredibly smart but for the reader, less repetition would be preferable. That being said, I did find this collection a decent philosophical treatise and it did introduce me to thought leaders and other books i might now have read. Chris Anderson's, Noga Arikha's and Paul Kedrosky's contributions were personal favourites. Do love Chris' idea that the Internet has allowed us to rediscover fire. Genius.

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Animelover212

It served its purpose

November 3, 2013

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I bought this book for an English class for my campus. It served its purpose for the class I passed the class. Very greatful thank you

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Buy What You Need For Class

April 27, 2013

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This came in great quality, but is not the best book if you are not very into philosophy. It's a great idea for a book, but did not answer the question to the extent I was expecting.

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lvslezak

Not nearly as good as the others in the series...

August 29, 2011

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I have read and loved all of the other books in this series, and I feel that this year's Edge.org compilation by John Brockman is not nearly as good (or interesting) as the others. If you've read any of the other Brockman titles ("What Is Your Dangerous Idea?", "What Will Change Everything?", etc), this is sure to disappoint. If you haven't, I suggest you pick them up instead.

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Anna in TN

Wish I could return it!

January 29, 2014

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Started this one for a book club assignment. Our group has read many professional development, leadership, biographical, and company chronicles but this is the first time we abandoned one of our selections without finishing or discussing. It is lengthy and repetitive and somewhat discontinous with the collection of "responses" from various people. I won't be finishing this one and would not recommend it.

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Giuseppi

Carr's Book Trumps

November 22, 2013

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You reader would find that the following is a better use of his contemplative time: reading. Reading a book: still crazy after all these years:

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr (Jun 6, 2011)
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Brandon Vogt

Interesting insights, but way too long

February 8, 2011

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What would happen if you gathered the 150 smartest people in the world and asked each of them to answer a single question? Every year Edge.com does just that. "Is the Internet changing the way you think?" was this year's question, and the responses are very diverse. Some say "yes", some say "no"; some say it has had positive effects, others say negative.

Most of the respondents are high-level scientists, mathematicians, or business figures--a disproportionate number considered how the Internet affects scientific research. There aren't any religious leaders on the list, save for three of the "four horsemen" of New Atheism: Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris. Overall, the book is mainly a response from secular intellectuals. (How has the Internet changed how school teachers think? How about housewives? Farmers? Community college professors? Priests?)

In terms of content, Brockman's book is way too long. Each respondent gets 2-3 pages, so the book is well above 400 total. After just a handful of responses, the contributions begin getting repetitive. Also, many of the contributions seem--at least to this non-scientist--to be little more than intellectual posturing, with respondents trying to prove genius by referencing dense scientific terms or theories.

I wouldn't recommend buying this book. If you're interested, borrow it or head to the store and browse the first couple of chapters. I think the best answer to the book's question comes not from its own pages but from Nicholas Carr's "The Shallows".

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