Is Technology Changing Our Brains? - Josh Hanagarne, Salt Lake City Public Library

Speaker has Tourette's and because of that he personally focuses on attention, both his and the attention of other people.  What affects attention, how is it changing.

Wrote worlds strongest librarian

Libraries are the steward of democracy

We can't slide back into a non-digital, non-mobile device world, this is what we've got

Computers are making it hard to read, changing how we read.  We've started to scan more, not to do detailed critical reading.

T.S. Elliot's style changed when he started using a typewriter

The writing equipment that we use, takes part in the forming of our thoughts, it changes how we compose our thoughts.

Hanson writing machine

http://www.malling-hansen.org/friedrich-nietzsche-and-his-typewriter-a-malling-hansen-writing-ball.html

Moving memory from short term to long term is like moving sticky notes into the filing cabinet

Internet addiction is a real thing

Addiction is an unwillingness to be uncomfortable

Internet addiction, what would fighting it be like?

People now feel loneliness and jealousy due to social media, the brain has been changed in at least this one small way

Does tech change the way we think about ourselves?  Such as when it makes us feel stupid.  The brain is being changed.

Does it change the nature of experience?  People are no longer having experiences instead the experience is to take a photo of it

Jargon strips the emotional power from reality

If we visually scan documents they lose their power.  The specific words are less powerful, and some meaning is lost.

What does it mean to know something? -  Knowing where the answer is can feel like knowing an answer

Is something useful if it's not being used.  Are books useful if they're not being used.  Reference collection.