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When Mayer says her "mind has evolved" to the point that it can only recognize and process information that has been digitized and uploaded Is it possible that
by yannis 17y ago
When Mayer says her "mind has evolved" to the point that it can only recognize and process information that has been digitized and uploaded
Is it possible that too much Googling has led to parts of Mayer's brain to atrophy?
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoIt's more likely that too much waxing rhetorical has led parts of Mayer's dopamine system to overproduce. :) Actually, I've given this some thought. Here's a related essay from last summer: http://raisethehammer.org/blog/1486/ http://raisethehammer.org/blog/1486/
- yannis 17y agoThanks Ryan, your essay is very interesting. I like this: We ARE "losing something important" by training our brains to act as indices (or creating personal habits, as you suggest) instead of the libraries themselves.