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Digital and the Brain
Outsourcing gray matter, re-purposing it
09.05.10 | Permalink | 6 CommentsLen Kendall feels Spell-check makes him a bad speller. He is not alone. We are all experiencing the same, in our own lives.
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Digital and the Brain
Neuroplasticity and other complicated words
09.01.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments[Check the entire Digital and the Brain series] It is the endless vortex that pulls me in. I submit without any resistance – every single time. It has a way of getting into my head and switching off the button that connects my psyche to my immediate surroundings. It is what fills the distance between [...]
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Digital and the Brain
Nature of the medium
08.17.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments[Check the entire Digital and the Brain series] The nature of the medium can be more powerful force in the world than the content of the messages that pass through it. – Marshall McLuhan It never ceases to amaze me how perfectly McLuhan’s theories from the 1950s apply to today’s world. I never wondered about [...]
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Digital and the Brain
Carr. Shirky. Cut it out!
08.17.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments[Check the entire Digital and the Brain series] A lot of people seem to be obsessed with all this media around us and how that’s affecting our brain. This was in no way sudden. One early sign was how neurobiology started getting more coverage in rather mainstream media two years ago. Then Barnes & Noble [...]
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