研究生英语 unit5 Is Google Making Us Stupid (2)课件.pptVIP

Is Google Making Us Stupid Nicholas George Carr Introduction to the author Born in 1959 B.A. from Dartmouth College M.A from Harvard University (major in English and American Literature and Language) . Introduction to the author An American writer who has published books and articles on technology, business, and culture. His book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in . It is a bestseller in General Nonfiction and a New York Times. Introduction to the author A columnist for The Guardian in London Written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, The Times of London, The New Republic, The Financial Times, and other periodicals. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” has been collected in several anthologies, including The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009, The Best Spiritual Writing 2010, and The Best Technology Writing 2009. Introduction to the author A member of the Encyclopedia Britannicas editorial board of advisors. On the steering board of the World Economic Forums cloud computing project, and writes the popular blog Rough Type. A writer-in-residence at the University of California. Executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. Main Works  Digital Enterprise?: How to Reshape Your Business for a Connected World (2001) Does IT Matter? (2004) The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google (2008, W. W. Norton) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (2010, W. W. Norton) His books have been translated into into more than 20 languages. 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist His first book The bond between reader and writer is a tightly symbiotic one. The words of the writer inspire new insights and perceptions. The existence of the critical reader provides the spur for the writer’s work. It gives the author the confidence to explore new forms of expression, to venture into uncharted and sometimes hazardous territory. All great