Journal shanen's Journal: Is deep thought possible in the Internet Age? 4
[Why is the journal formatting this without a blank line here?]
I think the best description of the problem I've read is The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. Not exactly his formulation, but in brief I would say that too much information is overwhelming us. Can you recommend other books? Or even URLs for non-shallow articles?
Some approaches towards solutions appear in The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli (based on the German Die Kunst des klaren Denkens : 52 Denkfehler, die Sie besser anderen uÌberlassen . Again, better references would be greatly appreciated, especially as regards the problem of disaster porn overwhelming journalism...
Seems to be a rather forlorn search for a secret Santa, eh? On today's Slashdot you'd be wasting your time with a lantern when you need a siren to drive off the trolls.
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The buggy css eats the first <p> tag. Post one before your first sentence. It will still appear without a blank line, but the rest will appear as well.
I'm just back to wish everyone a merry christmas or whatever they celebrate. I'm not reading any articles, just journal posts to see how others are doing and to wish them well.
The last 3 months without slashdot have been a relief more than anything else. And of course people are lonelier the longer they spend on the internet - the goal is to keep you
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Thanks for the tip on the <p> problem. The topic (with some modification) was actually picked up for the front page and garnered over 100 comments before it dropped off.
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