Outsourcing Memory

ISBN-13: 9783565251476 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str.

David Leroy

Opis

"Outsourcing Memory - Why we can't remember anything we look up" explores the "Google Effect" (also known as Digital Amnesia). Research by Betsy Sparrow at Columbia University shows that when people know they can find information online later, they are less likely to commit it to memory.Psychologist David Leroy explains the concept of "Transactive Memory." Historically, we shared memory with our tribe ("Ask Bob about farming"). Now, we treat the internet as our external hard drive. The problem is not that we are getting stupider, but that our brain is optimizing for search rather than storage.This book discusses the risks of this dependency. What happens to critical thinking when we don't have facts in our heads to connect? It is a guide to keeping your mind sharp in an age where the answer is always one click away.

Discover why you forget facts as soon as you close the browser tab, and how the internet is physically changing how your memory works.