In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams. Why should you stop what you're doing and read a[...]

An analysis of an evolving trend in computer-based business makes predictions about what will be its role in transforming economics and culture, in an account that evaluates how the shift from private computer systems to Internet-based networks has initiated a major revolution that will impact all c[...]

In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure. Even as they bring ease to our lives, the[...]

"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net's bounties, are we sacri[...]

Shows how automation - in the form of decision-making algorithms - now permeates every aspect of our lives and the radical effects this is having on our ability to learn and make decisions. Rather than rejecting technology, the author argues that we must urgently rethink its role in our lives.[...]

Tämä Nicholas Carrin kysymys kiteyttää yhden aikamme tärkeimmistä keskusteluista. Uhraammeko kykymme lukea ja ajatella syvällisesti, kun nautimme verkon hedelmistä? Tuleeko meistä pinnallisempia?Tässä kirjassa Carr tutkii internetin älyllisiä ja kulttuurisia vaikutuksia vakuuttavalla ta[...]