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Is the internet making us stupid? Distraction versus intellect … oh look, a cat video … [VIDEO]

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Without a doubt, the internet is changing our brains, our minds and, our memory.

While we have all suffered from information overload and gotten wildly distracted online, this video from author Nicholas Carr, shows us exactly what is going on.

Carr’s book, “The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains” explains how our online behaviour is influencing our creativity, our thought processes, our ideas and, indeed, how we think.

And, it’s a little scary.

Our very humanity may be at stake.

Every cute cat video you watch is potentially eroding your ability to think critically and creatively.

But, there is a cure!

What the Internet is doing to our brains

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