Mon 7.02.12 | Contemplation and the Internet

As we become more wired, and our lives ever more penetrated by the internet, are we losing something precious? Writer Nicholas Carr provocatively argues that we are, and that what we are losing is our ability to think deeply. Carr contends that probing, and often solitary, contemplative thought -- which was shaped by our interaction with the book -- cannot be replaced by the superficial breadth of information that the web allows us.