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Wired magazine offers a new article from Nicholas Carr<\/a> claiming that heavy web experiences results in specific cognitive challenges.<\/p>\n

The Internet is an interruption system. It seizes our attention only to scramble it. There\u2019s the problem of hypertext and the many different kinds of media coming at us simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Carr is more a science writer than a scientist and seems committed to the “rewired it” position on how we are influenced by our experiences. This is a good general read for those not wanting to investigate the underlying literature.<\/p>\n

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