Summary of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

Written by Abbey Beathan

Narrated by Peter Prova

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr Book Summary Abbey Beathan

(Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book.)

Is Google Making Us Stupid? Learn what the digital era is doing to our brains.

The internet is a wonderful thing, it has given so much to us and it's probably the greatest invention ever made. But does it have side-effects? The internet is so powerful that because we utilize its features so much (because it makes everything easier), it has taken away from us our ability to read and think deeply. Now we can get answers in a couple of clicks, we don't have to ponder how to resolve the problem.

(Note: This summary is wholly written and published by Abbey Beathan. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way)

"We want to be interrupted, because each interruption brings us a valuable piece of information. To turn off these alerts is to risk feeling out of touch, or even socially isolated."—Nicholas Carr

Borrowing knowledge from different disciplines like neuroscience, philosophy and history, Nicholas Carr gives us a masterclass of this topic and manages to convey his message with a rich narrative. He explains how the Internet is rerouting our neural pathways changing our whole style of thinking into a lazier one.

This book will definitely change entirely your opinion about media and the human mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Jan 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781518902369

Reviews for Summary of The Shallows

[Sia Meri Rah El · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I couldn’t understand. There’s Horrible narration. Please edit the narration

[Andre · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Very interesting topic. Terrible narration with many parts repeated. K

[Amber and Tyler · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The book is actually good. This narration and the repeated sections are bad. Don’t let this reflect the book itself.

[Daniel Jato · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book clearly awakens one to the detrimental effect of consistent usage of the internet to the brain. There is need for change.

[Yet Viaje · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

After listening this book gives me tons of thoughts to ponder on. Which is what social media and internet do to our daily life routines. Interesting book.

[Munazah Gulshan · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Today Internet becomes very common and useful so this book contains all process to follow internet fruitfully

[Devon McAllister · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great summary of a blah book. The information was less helpful than a short internet article would be on the history and effects of the internet. But that's just shallow of me.