Well it's Too Late Now: What the Internet has Done to Our Minds
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Summary:
We are no strangers to panic over and speculation about the dangerous effects of future technology. Socrates believed writing would “create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls, because they will not use their memories”[1]; books were ruining the mind. 19th Century Great Britain feared trains would “blight crops, terrify livestock, and asphyxiate passengers with their high speeds”; 20 mph was too much for the human body[2]. The pri