Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember Paperback – 3 September 2020

How internet is changing us and making us addictive, us something that you can learn from this book. Easy to read and fluid in narration, this is something you must know in the modern age of technology.

A well researched book, deals a lot on brain functioning, simple language, discusses a lot on how brain adapt8to things and how it is being influenced by the internet a good read

Helped me learn how many of my daily behaviors have been affected and re-written since I started using the internet. Being a 90s kid I have experienced both era so it was really thoughtful and inspiring book to understand how the new technology is overwriting our behavior and day to day activities.

Nicholas Carr has written a very thought provoking book. It answers the WHY in why our minds work the way the do in this internet age where even academic scholars talk about getting converted from deep sea divers in the ocean of knowledge fast speed surfers just scratching the surface and unable to imbibe the knowledge they are trying to get hold of...

Nicholas Carr does a very good job of explaining how significant technologies throughout our history have changed our perspective of the world, about ourselves and our collective culture. In addition to this, these technologies bring physical changes in us and change the way we experience things. He then delves into the latest such technology - the Internet, which arguably has had and continues to have the greatest impact on us among all technologies. While we embrace this change merrily, we never stop to think and reflect on the potential side effects or harm that the Internet might bring on to us. The author does a very good job of explaining this very thing and this book forces you to consider whether just embracing the internet or any new thing for the sake of convenience or efficiency is truly a good thing in the long run or whether this had devastating effects which might negate our humaneness and all the good and the bad that comes with it.As someone who was lucky enough to have a childhood before the internet and smartphones took over, this book made me conscious of how much our thinking and mental abilities have changed with the Internet. A must read for pretty much everyone.

Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows is a thought-provoking exploration of how technology reshapes our minds. Drawing from history, Carr shows that every major tool—from the map to the mechanical clock to the book—has rewired human thinking. Neuroscience supports this, calling it neuroplasticity, our brain’s ability to adapt its mode of thinking to the tools we use.The internet, Carr argues, is the latest and most powerful of these tools. But unlike earlier technologies, it is defined by speed, constant multitasking, and the rapid processing of fragmented information. This mode of engagement trains our brains to skim rather than delve, to react rather than reflect.Carr’s concern is that this rewiring, over time, diminishes our capacity for deep focus, sustained analysis, and reflective thought—the very qualities that have historically defined human creativity, intellectualism, and intuition. As our mental habits adapt to the pace of the web, we risk becoming more like efficient processing machines than thoughtful human beings.While some might feel Carr underplays the internet’s benefits—global connectivity, rapid knowledge access, creative collaboration—his warning remains timely. The Shallows does not reject technology, but it asks us to pause and notice how it is shaping our minds, and whether we are comfortable with the trade-offs.A balanced, insightful, and essential read for anyone curious about how the tools we use change the way we think.

The books is very intriguing in parts and sometimes dull, but yeah you can read it once for sure and go ahead if you want to.

This is the first book I read on such an offbeat subject. But I doubt if I could have picked up a better one.