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Beginning with a discussion of how the Internet and digital technologies may be affecting people's attention spans, working memories, and capacities for deep thought and reading at a level that becomes addictive, the book then moves to discussions which concern how this development might impede the search for a larger, metaphysical intelligence.
Sommario
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Search for Something Larger in a New Age
Chapter 2. Digital Minds
Chapter 3. Habituated to Addiction
Chapter 4. Thought, Memory, and Reality
Chapter 5. A Distracted Awareness and the River of Thought
Chapter 6. Creative Thought and the Digital Barrier
Chapter 7. Art and Culture in the Digital Age
Chapter 8. Insight, Art, and a Higher Awareness
Chapter 9. Space and Time in the Digital World
Chapter 10. The Meaning of Freedom in the Digital Age
Chapter 11. Consciousness in Cyberspace
Appendix
Bibliography
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By Lyn Lesch
Riassunto
Beginning with a discussion of how the Internet and digital technologies may be affecting people's attention spans, working memories, and capacities for deep thought and reading at a level that becomes addictive, the book then moves to discussions which concern how this development might impede the search for a larger, metaphysical intelligence.
Testo aggiuntivo
Intelligence in the Digital Age describes the profound changes that digital technologies are having on our basic capacities for attention, intelligence, creativity, and human relationship. Lyn Lesch reviews a wide range of research that documents the deleterious effects of the constant flow of fragmented information. This is a vitally important book for educators, psychologists, parents, and every informed citizen.
