Nicholas Carr

Author and all-around know-it-all, who hates technology and the free market too (probably).

September 25, 2008 Nailing

 * came to talk about the future of the internets, but how much can he know when he's still writing books?
 * book: The Big Switch


 * believes the entire world will be a computer
 * Dr. Colbert's web-based desktop publishing style is innovative and maverick


 * thinks google is useful
 * but thinks we will start to think like the internets
 * we are not defined by our own creation


 * it take away our ability to
 * slow down and think
 * focus
 * or concentration


 * you can't push buttons on books
 * or scroll down the page
 * or click on the corner to turn the page


 * called Stephen the paragon of the google man


 * machines took away blue collar jobs
 * computers are starting to take away white collar jobs
 * which may bring us to a day when there are no collar jobs like porn