{"product_id":"smarter-than-you-think-clive-thompson-9780143125822","title":"Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory and timely look at how technology boosts our cognitive abilities--making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's undeniable--technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding \"yes.\" In \u003ci\u003eSmarter Than You Think, \u003c\/i\u003eThompson shows that every technological innovation--from the written word to the printing press to the telegraph--has provoked the very same anxieties that plague us today. We panic that life will never be the same, that our attentions are eroding, that culture is being trivialized. But, as in the past, we adapt--learning to use the new and retaining what is good of the old.\u003ci\u003e Smarter Than You Think \u003c\/i\u003eembraces and extols this transformation, presenting an exciting vision of the present and the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clive Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143125826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143125822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/07\/2014 pg. 28","brand":"Clive Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946229104895,"sku":"9780143125822","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f69cf85d-d253-49a9-831e-5e0243bcb5a7.jpg?v=1681512127","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smarter-than-you-think-clive-thompson-9780143125822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}