“I think of this a lot in the terms of books. Of course there's a big to-do culturally about e-books versus print books, sales models. The paradigm has changed but my perspective on it is that there's not going to be another paradigm to alight on because everything will continue to evolve so quickly that our brains won't be able to keep up with it.” ThinkingBookBigsAbleCoursesTermBrainChangedPerspectiveModelsEvolvePrintVersusParadigmPrint Books Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I bailed out on social media for a while, and in short order I found I was able to sit down and read a book again. For the first time in a couple years I could read more than three pages without my brain wandering off into the ether. I drew a direct causal line between all this sort of ratta-tat-tat staccato stimulation that we get from the Internet and my growing inability to sit down and read anything that was longer than 500 words. But for me it came back because those synapses were already latent in my brain.” YearsFirstsBookAbleOrderThreeFoundSocialLinesBrainGrowingMediaCoupleInternetPagesFirst TimeDirectDown AndSocial MediaWanderInabilityStimulationLatentSynapses Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I wonder if kids growing up now are actually going to have that - if they're ever going to be able to unplug and have that ability to concentrate, or if it's just never going to happen for them. It's a little unnerving, frankly.” IfsLittlesHappensKidsAbleAbilityWonderGrowing UpGrowingKids Growing Up Author:Ron Currie Jr.
