More Information, Less Knowledge?

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Listen Tuesday, Jul. 22, 2008 at 12:06 p.m. in Science, Society, Tech Tuesday, Technology

The Internet has revolutionized how we search for all kinds of information. But some wonder whether increasingly powerful search engines and the wealth of information on the Web are making us sloppy and impatient. We talk with thinkers from a broad range of specialties about how our online habits are rewiring our brains and our research habits-- and whether that's a good thing.

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Nicholas Carr

Writer; Author of the article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" in The Atlantic magazine

James A. Evans

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago

Erika Linke

Associate Dean of University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University; and President, Association of College and Research Libraries

Alex Halavais

Assistant Professor of Communications, Quinnipiac University

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