Mind change :
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TextPublication details: London : Rider Books, 2015Description: xv, 368 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846044311 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Brain -- Evolution | Technological innovations -- Psychological aspects | Digital media -- Psychological aspects | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 612.82 LOC classification: QP376Summary: In this work, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In her view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, because our minds are physically adapting: being rewired. What could this mean, and how can we harness, rather than be harnessed by, our new technological milieu to create better alternatives and more meaningful lives?
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Originally published: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this work, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In her view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, because our minds are physically adapting: being rewired. What could this mean, and how can we harness, rather than be harnessed by, our new technological milieu to create better alternatives and more meaningful lives?