2012-07-25T12:50:39-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/brain/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8766 2012-07-25T12:50:39-05:00 If you listen to no other audio talk this year, make it this one. Because it is foundational to everything you do online, and how that relates to your wider life. Michael Hyatt, author of the highly-recommended book Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, shares some serious practical wisdom on how to counteract the negative things that digital media is doing to our brains and life patterns. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6880 2012-02-06T10:21:24-05:00 Is 'change' the same as 'ruin', as the infographic below might suggest? It is certainly the contention of Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows, and some other commentators, that our brains are being rewired by the Web and social media, and not always in a good way. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4168 2011-04-25T14:38:47-05:00 Today's Western high school students are the first generation to have grown up with digital technology in their homes from birth. The first therefore to have their brains rewired, for better or worse, by 24/7 digital communication. This video and more detailed and insightful accompanying article give a stark picture of these changes. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2390 2010-08-18T06:51:00-05:00 Researcher and author Nicholas Carr has written extensively about the way the Web is rewiring our brains so that we cannot concentrate on longer-lasting tasks such as reading a book.