Shows how every technological advance, from the printing press to the Internet, has been disparaged, caused hand-wringing and has generated anxious predictions of doom, but actually has augmented human life for the better.
Make sure there's some slack in it— not much, but some. The handle of the leash should be on your thumb in your right hand. Don't bundle it up in your right hand and don't wrap it around your wrist. You need to be able to take slack in ...
Michele Hilmes and Jason Loviglio (New York: Routledge, 2002), 41–62; Michael Haworth and Stephanie Hopkins, “On the Air: Educational Radio, Its History and Effect on Literacy and Educational Technology,” ETEC540 Community Weblog, ...
Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding “yes.” 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 ...
From the ‘Wired’ and ‘New York Times Magazine’ contributor, a brilliant examination into how the internet is profoundly changing the way we think.
Now you can have the well-behaved dog you've always wanted -- and your dog will have an owner who understands his or her language. With Smarter Than You Think, you and your dog can share the special bond of true understanding.
In this groundbreaking book, Wired writer Clive Thompson argues that the internet is boosting our brainpower, encouraging new ways of thinking, and making us more not less intelligent as is so often claimed.