icon-angle affirmation icon-arrow Arrow left icon-bell Notifications icon-book icon-calendar icon-caret icon-chevron icon-check-circle Close icon-close icon-compound icon-crown icon-crown-alt icon-crown-mono icon-edit icon-email icon-facebook icon-featured-star icon-featured-star-colored icon-file icon-file-meditation icon-file-mp3 icon-file-pdf icon-folder icon-get-pdf Group Headphones icon-join icon-linkedin icon-live-video icon-lock icon-map-pin icon-masterClasses Meditation Navigation Menu icon-messages icon-mic icon-mind icon-microClasses mp3 icon-music-note My List icon-oasis pdf person icon-play icon-play-circle icon-plusOne icon-pnotes Podcast qa-cta-icon icon-quote icon-quote-left icon-quote-right icon-reload Search Search icon-settings icon-skinny-arrow icon-star icon-star-filled icon-triangle-down icon-triangle-rounded icon-twitter icon-user icon-warning icon-website icon-youtube

Forgot your password?

Forgot Password?

No problem!

We'll send password reset instructions to:

Books

Get 3 free PhilosophersNotes

Get Brian's favorite PhilosophersNotes
absolutely free.

The mantra that cuts through fear like a razor-sharp, diamond-bladed sword. Check it out!
Close button
Try 14 Days Free
“Our use of the Internet involves many paradoxes, but the one that promises to have the greatest long-term influence over how we think is this one: the Net seizes our attention only to scatter it.”
Nicholas Carr
Quotes On

Get more wisdom

Get more wisdom from PhilosophersNotes

• From PhilosophersNotes
The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas Carr

Wondering what the Internet is doing to our brains? Then I think you’ll love The Shallows. It’s ...

Inspiring Quotes by Nicholas Carr

“We like to feel connected—and we hate to feel disconnected. The Internet doesn’t change our intellectual habits against our will. But change them it does.”
Nicholas Carr
Quotes On

Get more wisdom

Get more wisdom from PhilosophersNotes

• From PhilosophersNotes
The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas Carr

Wondering what the Internet is doing to our brains? Then I think you’ll love The Shallows. It’s ...
“The constant distractedness that the Net encourages—the state of being, to borrow another phrase from Eliot’s Four Quartets, ‘distracted from distraction by distraction’—is very different from the kind of temporary, purposeful diversion of our mind that refreshes our thinking when we’re weighing a decision”
Nicholas Carr
Quotes On

Get more wisdom

Get more wisdom from PhilosophersNotes

• From PhilosophersNotes
The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas Carr

Wondering what the Internet is doing to our brains? Then I think you’ll love The Shallows. It’s ...
“Every tool imposes limitations even as it opens possibilities. The more we use it, the more we mold ourselves to its form and function.”
Nicholas Carr
Quotes On

Get more wisdom

Get more wisdom from PhilosophersNotes

• From PhilosophersNotes
The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas Carr

Wondering what the Internet is doing to our brains? Then I think you’ll love The Shallows. It’s ...
Show more Quotes Loading the next set of Quotes...

Other Quotes on ++

“We like to feel connected—and we hate to feel disconnected. The Internet doesn’t change our intellectual habits against our will. But change them it does.”
Nicholas Carr
Quotes On

Get more wisdom

Get more wisdom from PhilosophersNotes

• From PhilosophersNotes
The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas Carr

Wondering what the Internet is doing to our brains? Then I think you’ll love The Shallows. It’s ...
“The constant distractedness that the Net encourages—the state of being, to borrow another phrase from Eliot’s Four Quartets, ‘distracted from distraction by distraction’—is very different from the kind of temporary, purposeful diversion of our mind that refreshes our thinking when we’re weighing a decision”
Nicholas Carr
Quotes On

Get more wisdom

Get more wisdom from PhilosophersNotes

• From PhilosophersNotes
The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas Carr

Wondering what the Internet is doing to our brains? Then I think you’ll love The Shallows. It’s ...
“Every tool imposes limitations even as it opens possibilities. The more we use it, the more we mold ourselves to its form and function.”
Nicholas Carr
Quotes On

Get more wisdom

Get more wisdom from PhilosophersNotes

• From PhilosophersNotes
The Shallows

The Shallows

by Nicholas Carr

Wondering what the Internet is doing to our brains? Then I think you’ll love The Shallows. It’s ...
Show more Quotes Loading the next set of Quotes...
PhilosophersNotes featuring Nicholas Carr
The Shallows The Shallows
Nicholas Carr
Quotes by Topic
Love Mistake Kindness leadership courage fear mistakes Ideal Deep Work Modern Classic
View All
Quotes by Author
Eric Blehm Douglas Brackmann, PhD Robin DiAngelo, PhD Michael Eric Dyson Larry King Alex Korb, PhD Trevor Moawad James Nestor Anders Olsson David Shenk
View All