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A review by cakemouse
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better by Clive Thompson
3.0
I choose to read this for grad school. We were given a list of books, and this was one that I remembered seeing at the first library I worked at.
I liked how the author presents both positive, and negative, aspects of modern technology, while generally remaining upbeat about it. He points out that we've been at a lot of these crossroads before, and we've had naysayers and cheerleaders for similar leaps in technology.
My biggest problem is that there's so much presented between the pages that you have to read it slow. I often had to stop and think about what I had just read (not a bad thing). The author knows his stuff. Which is awesome. But bringing so many ideas together in a few pages really makes it a dense read.
I liked how the author presents both positive, and negative, aspects of modern technology, while generally remaining upbeat about it. He points out that we've been at a lot of these crossroads before, and we've had naysayers and cheerleaders for similar leaps in technology.
My biggest problem is that there's so much presented between the pages that you have to read it slow. I often had to stop and think about what I had just read (not a bad thing). The author knows his stuff. Which is awesome. But bringing so many ideas together in a few pages really makes it a dense read.