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Now, Carr expands his argument into the most compelling exploration of the Internet’s intellectual and cultural consequences yet published. As he describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by “tools of the... more
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Juliette Aristides Nicholas Carr talks at length about what is gained and lost by technological progress. Reading and writing enlarged people’s sympathetic response and enriched their lives even when the book was put aside. One could say the same thing about drawing. (Source)
Andra Zaharia While I was thinking of the best books to add to this short list, I realized that not even half of them are directly related to digital marketing. This is because I believe that the best marketers are people who understand human nature deeply and aim to bring out the best in it. Call me naive, but that’s how I see it. If I were to want to pursue a career in marketing, I’d read [...] The Shallows. (Source)
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- #41 in Behavioral Psychology
- #26 in Brain
- #26 in Cognitive Psychology
- #62 in Computer
- #71 in Critical Thinking
- #73 in Culture
- #29 in Educational Psychology
- #49 in Focus
- #31 in Human Brain
- #66 in Information
- #58 in Information Technology
- #15 in Media
- #93 in Memory Improvement
- #46 in Neurology
- #44 in Neuroscience
- #34 in Social Engineering
- #30 in Social Media
- #96 in Social Psychology
- #89 in Sociology
- #58 in Tech
- #91 in Thinking