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  • 15 Big Ways The Internet is Changing Our Brains

      Not sure I agree with all of this — or with Nicholas Carr, for that matter — but a new study from Online College, much of it very obvious, raises good questions about the effect of the interwebs on our brains… (via Ray Kurzweil):  The Internet is our external hard drive Children are learning differently We hardly…

  • Human Computer Viruses

    Ray Kurzweil invented the Kurzweil keyboard, predicted the fall of the Soviet Union, and foresaw the defeat of chess genius Gary Kasparov at the hands of a computer. I heard Ray speak at Summit Series a few weeks ago, and the guy had the same effect on me that he had with everyone else in…