The Shallows

By Nicholas Carr

I got distracted by this book. Hearing a noise, I would get up to look out the window. I got a drink of water. Checked my email. Thought of something to look up on wikipedia. The list goes on and on.

Normally I wouldn't have given a second thought about doing this but then The Shallows is all about distraction. How electronic devices are allowing us to remain forever connected to the Internet.  They have distracted us from the other going on's in our life. Our brains may even be changing their wiring to cope with the fire hose of information.

There is a chapter on brain plasticity.  One on Google. Really there was no answer to how to disconnect from the electronic distraction or even if you should. The book is more to make you aware of the problem. And that's the only downside I have to reading books like this one and the Unwanted Sound book. I'm made aware of the problem, now what?