Nicholas Carr Quote
When a printed book—whether a recently published scholarly history or a two-hundred-year-old Victorian novel—is transferred to an electronic device connected to the Internet, it turns into something very like a Web site. Its words become wrapped in all the distractions of the networked computer. Its links and other digital enhancements propel the reader hither and yon. It loses what the late John Updike called its edges and dissolves into the vast, rolling waters of the Net. The linearity of the printed book is shattered, along with the calm attentiveness it encourages in the reader.
Nicholas Carr
When a printed book—whether a recently published scholarly history or a two-hundred-year-old Victorian novel—is transferred to an electronic device connected to the Internet, it turns into something very like a Web site. Its words become wrapped in all the distractions of the networked computer. Its links and other digital enhancements propel the reader hither and yon. It loses what the late John Updike called its edges and dissolves into the vast, rolling waters of the Net. The linearity of the printed book is shattered, along with the calm attentiveness it encourages in the reader.
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About Nicholas Carr
Nicholas Carr or Nick Carr may refer to:
Nicholas Carr (professor) (1524–1568), British professor
Nicholas G. Carr (born 1959), American journalist and writer
Nikos Karvelas (born 1951), Greek singer-songwriter and record producer, stage name Nick Carr
Nick Carr (album), a 1985 album
Nicholas Carr (professor) (1524–1568), British professor
Nicholas G. Carr (born 1959), American journalist and writer
Nikos Karvelas (born 1951), Greek singer-songwriter and record producer, stage name Nick Carr
Nick Carr (album), a 1985 album