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008			130802s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2013017155
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781594204456
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020			_a9781594204456 (hardback)
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050	0	0	_aT 58.5 .T498 2013
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100	1		_aThompson, Clive, _d1968-
245	1	0	_aSmarter than you think : _bhow technology is changing our minds for the better / _cClive Thompson.
246	3	0	_aHow technology is changing our minds for the better
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Penguin Press, _c2013.
300			_a341 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-327) and index.
505	0		_aThe rise of the centaurs -- We, the memorious -- Public thinking -- The new literacies -- The art of finding -- The puzzle-hungry world -- Digital school -- Ambient awareness -- The connected society.
520			_a" It's undeniable-technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding "yes." The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both celebration and analysis. We learn more and retain it longer, write and think with global audiences, and even gain an ESP-like awareness of the world around us. Modern technology is making us smarter, better connected, and often deeper-both as individuals and as a society. 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 very same anxieties that plague us today. We panic that life will never be the same, that our attentions are eroding, that culture is being trivialized. But as in the past, we adapt-learning to use the new and retaining what's good of the old. Thompson introduces us to a cast of extraordinary characters who augment their minds in inventive ways. There's the seventy-six-year old millionaire who digitally records his every waking moment-giving him instant recall of the events and ideas of his life, even going back decades. There's a group of courageous Chinese students who mounted an online movement that shut down a $1.6 billion toxic copper plant. There are experts and there are amateurs, including a global set of gamers who took a puzzle that had baffled HIV scientists for a decade-and solved it collaboratively in only one month. Smarter Than You Think isn't just about pioneers. It's about everyday users of technology and how our digital tools-from Google to Twitter to Facebook and smartphones-are giving us new ways to learn, talk, and share our ideas. Thompson harnesses the latest discoveries in social science to explore how digital technology taps into our long-standing habits of mind-pushing them in powerful new directions. Our thinking will continue to evolve as newer tools enter our lives. Smarter Than You Think embraces and extols this transformation, presenting an exciting vision of the present and the future. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"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 very same anxieties that plague us today. We panic that life will never be the same, that our attentions are eroding, that culture is being trivialized. But as in the past, we adapt--learning to use the new and retaining what's good of the old. Thompson introduces us to a cast of extraordinary characters who augment their minds in inventive ways. There's the seventy-six-year old millionaire who digitally records his every waking moment--giving him instant recall of the events and ideas of his life, even going back decades. There's a group of courageous Chinese students who mounted an online movement that shut down a $1.6 billion toxic copper plant. There are experts and there are amateurs, including a global set of gamers who took a puzzle that had baffled HIV scientists for a decade--and solved it collaboratively in only one month. Smarter Than You Think isn't just about pioneers. It's about everyday users of technology and how our digital tools--from Google to Twitter to Facebook and smartphones--are giving us new ways to learn, talk, and share our ideas. Thompson harnesses the latest discoveries in social science to explore how digital technology taps into our long-standing habits of mind--pushing them in powerful new directions. Our thinking will continue to evolve as newer tools enter our lives. Smarter Than You Think embraces and extols this transformation, presenting an exciting vision of the present and the future"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aInformation technology _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aInternet _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aInformation technology _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aInternet _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aSocial media.
650		0	_aThought and thinking.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aInformation technology _xPsychological aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00973120
650		7	_aInformation technology _xSocial aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00973131
650		7	_aInternet _xPsychological aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00977198
650		7	_aInternet _xSocial aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01766793
650		7	_aSocial media. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01741098
650		7	_aThought and thinking. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01150249
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