Ontological implications

31. New Media, Ancient Humans, Old Brains

• We can't/won't rewire humans overnight.
• New/Digital media will have to fit the
  ways that we are, now, or only early adopters will stay with it.

*Paper and thinking

*Libraries, New Media, and Thinking

*Wired campuses may be causing 'information overload'

*The Myth of Multitasking

Question for Study:

The readings focus on changes to thinking patterns brought about by digital resources and procedures. List some other changes to essential features of our human nature that are brought about by electric/electronic/digital communication technologies.

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