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By Jacob Rose, Bowdoin ‘21.5

Technologies of the Mind Plexus 5 min read · Dec 18, 2020 -- Listen Share By Jacob Rose, Bowdoin ‘21.5 In The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing to Our Brains , author Nicholas Carr divides technologies into four categories. First, there are technologies that extend physical strength and dexterity. Second, there are those that amplify the powers of the senses. Third, there are those that modify nature according to our needs. The fourth and final category refers to what Carr calls “intellectual technologies”: those that “extend or support our mental powers.” Intellectual technologies are tech

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