September 2010 archives
Mr. Nicholas Carr has written a little book called ‘The Shallows’, within which he develops the argument that our incessant internet use is literally and physically reshaping our brain and memory structures, and that the older habits of deep reading and deep thinking are being displaced. I cannot repeat the entirety of his argument here, [...]
A new day and a new look for A Flawed Mind. I am reading the book ‘The Shallows’ by Nicholas Carr, and I am hearing him speak on the coming Wednesday at the Wheeler Centre here in Melbourne. He is making me rethink my relationship to the internet, and this aesthetic change to my blog [...]
The flyers above are an obtuse nod to Schipol Airport, which has recently installed a public library for travellers in the terminal, positioned between the security check-in and the gate. This library is very popular with travellers, and the simple security measures (a bright sticker on each book cover) seem to be doing the trick, [...]
