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With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement of our intelligence. The web provides a convenient and compelling supplement to memory. But when we start using it as a substitute for personal memory, bypassing the inner processes of consolidation, we risk emptying our minds of their riches.



Nicholas CarrJournalist and Writer


Carr, Nicholas. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.