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The Shallows
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Last discussed Mar 5, 2026
A book by Nicholas Carr examining how the internet is changing the way we think, read, and remember.
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Cal Newport
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"The best book on this would be The Shallows, Nick Carr's book, The Shallows."
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Mark Manson
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"I remember in 2008 there was a book called The Shallows by a guy named Nicholas Carr. If you go back and look at that book now, it is a comprehensive 300-page exercise in how correlation is not causation."
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