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“Once he had that insight, Flynn recalled in a 2007 interview, “I began to feel that I was bridging the gulf between our minds. We weren’t more intelligent than they, but we had learnt to apply our intelligence to a new set of problems. We had detached logic from the concrete, we were willing to deal with the hypothetical, and we thought the world was a place to be classified and understood scientifically rather than to be manipulated.”

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The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

This book delves into how the internet's influence is altering the way we think, read, and process information, offering insights into the potential long-term effects on our brains. more

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