Some detractors argue that the Web is changing our neuronal physiology, actually re-wiring our brains in a way that is dangerous and detrimental to our development. Others suggest that the Web is in fact helping us to utilise our brains more efficiently, making us proverbial ‘foxes’ rather than ‘hedgehogs’ (in the metaphorical parlance of Isaiah Berlin) – able to quickly gather lots of information from lots of sources rather than viewing the world through a single idea.
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[Digital Revolution] Experiment: How is the Web re-wiring our brains?
Thursday November 12, 2009 @ 08:59 AM (UTC)
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