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Thu, Aug 21, 2008 -- 10:00 AM
"Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
Writer Nicholas Carr lit up the blogosphere with his recent Atlantic Monthly cover story, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," warning that Internet use might be hurting our ability to concentrate and contemplate. We explore what all that surfing and clicking might be doing to our brains.
Host: Dave Iverson
Guests:
- Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine
- Larry Sanger, editor in chief of Citizendium and co-founder of Wikipedia.org
- Nicholas Carr, author of the Atlantic Monthly cover story, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
More info:
- View a list of other books by Nicholas Carr
- "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" : read the article
