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Smarter Than You Think
by Clive Thompson
How technology augments thinking: external memory, public writing, ambient awareness, centaur chess. The optimistic counter to The Shallows.
Read it if…
you want the case that tools make us smarter.
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Skip it if…
you want Carr's warning.
Try instead: Coders →
Three things you will actually use
- Write in public.
- Memory can be outsourced wisely.
- Humans plus machines beat either.
Do this first
Read the chapter on public thinking.
Our verdict
Thompson's optimism.
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