SmarterThanYouThink:HowTechnologyisChangingOurMindsfortheBetter

Fromthe‘Wired’and‘NewYorkTimesMagazine’contributor,abrilliantexaminationintohowtheinternetisprofoundlychangingthewaywethink.Inthisgroundbreakingbook,CliveThompsonarguesthattheinternetisboostingourbrainpower,encouragingnewwaysofthinking,andmakingusmore–notless–intelligentasissooftenclaimed.Ourliveshavebeenchangedirrevocablybytheriseoftheinternet.Butaswerelymoreandmoreonmachinestohelpusthink,ourthinkingisbecomingricherandmorecomplex.Welearnmore,retainitlonger,writeincuriousnewforms,andeventhinkentirelynewtypesofthoughts.‘SmarterThanYouThink’isfilledwithstoriesofpeoplewhoareusingtechnologytoboosttheirbrains.Meettheageingmillionairewhoissavingadigitalcopyofeverythingthathappenstohim,theleadingartificial-intelligenceresearcherwhoiscreatingsoftwarethatwillsenseyourmoodandmanyotherfascinatingcharacterswhoarereachingnewheightswithdigitalhelp.Lucidlywrittenandargued,‘SmarterThanYouThink’isabreathtakingoriginallookatourBraveNewWorld.