“Is Google building us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that issue in an Atlantic Monthly cover tale, he tapped right into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is normally changing us. He also crystallized probably one of the most important debates of our time: as we benefit from the Internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply?

Right now, Carr expands his discussion into the most compelling exploration yet released from the Internet’s intellectual and cultural implications. Weaving insights from viewpoint, neuroscience, and history into a wealthy narrative, The Shallows points out the way the Internet can be rerouting our neural pathways, changing the subtle brain of the book reader using the sidetracked mind from the display watcher. A gripping tale of human transformation played out against a backdrop of technological upheaval, The Shallows will permanently alter just how we consider media and our thoughts.