Changing Brains

The Parent/Teacher Conference

05-07-2024 • 38 mins

A review of the Nicholas Carr book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Even though written over 10 years ago, the studies and examples offered are still relevant as we move in the age of smartphones. Carr details that it isn't just a psychological issue, but physiological as it changes are brain structure.


The questions addressed in this episode include, "What is the value of memorization?" and "How has the internet changed education?"


It is a great companion to the episode Konnected Kids, a Review of the Jonathan Haidt book The Anxious Generation,