The Glass Cage: Automation and US
People have worried about losing their jobs to robots for decades now. But how is growing automation really going to change us? Let’s take a look at the limitations of automation and the uniquely …
Nicolas Carr
The Impoverishment of Attention
“While the link between attention and excellence remains hidden most of the time, it ripples through almost everything we seek to accomplish.” *** Focus matters enormously for success in …
The Tyranny of Email — 10 Tips to Save You
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to my habits recently and how they affect me. One thing I’ve placed an increasingly watchful eye on is email. Email seems pervasive in our lives. We check email on …
Too Many Decisions
The first thing you do in the morning is to make a decision. And those decisions pile up fast. Should I hit snooze? What clothes should I wear? What should I have for breakfast? What combination of …
The Myth of Multitasking: Why the Key to Better Work is Developing Forgotten Skills
Of course you can do more than one thing at once. The catch is you can’t do more more than one thing at once that requires concentration. You can walk and chew gum, but you can’t write an …
Multitasking: The Costs of Switching From One Task to Another
You may think that as you juggle emails, my-book, twitter, google, work, life, the phone and casual web surfing that you’re really doing all of that stuff at once, but what you’re really …
Marshall McLuhan — The Man, The Mystery, The Life
Marshall McLuhan rocketed from an unknown academic to rockstar with the publication of Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man in 1964. Understanding Media contained the simple prophecy that …
Nicolas Carr: On Situational and Ambient Overload
Nicolas Carr with some interesting thoughts: Situational overload is not the problem. When we complain about information overload, what we’re usually complaining about is ambient overload. This …