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Hands-Free, Mind-Free: What We Lose Through Automation

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Hands-Free, Mind-Free: What We Lose Through Automation

Robert Siegel is joined by author Nicholas Carr for a look at the future of automation and automobiles. Carr's new book, The Glass Cage, warns against the rise of automation in our lives.

Hands-Free, Mind-Free: What We Lose Through Automation

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'The Shallows': This Is Your Brain Online
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'The Shallows': This Is Your Brain Online

Author Nicholas Carr is says the Internet is changing the way we think — and not for the better. In his new book, The Shallows, he laments that the Web has returned humans to the "natural state of distractedness" that served us well back when we were cavemen.

'The Shallows': This Is Your Brain Online

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