Future Minds: How the Digital Age is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It

We are on the cusp of a revolution. Mobile phones, computers and iPods are commonplace in hundreds of millions of households worldwide, influencing how we think and shaping how we interact. With the gathering of information now largely automated, it leaves room for deeper conceptual thinking. The trouble is, says futurist Richard Watson, such deep thinking cannot take place if we never really sit still or completely switch off from the connected world. In this absorbing new book, Watson argues that despite the advances of the digital age, it has also robbed us of some of our best ideas; to reg. Read more... Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Overture: Screen Culture; Part One: How the Digital Era is Changing Our Minds; 1 The Rise of the Screenager; 10 ways screenagers are thinking differently; They want it and they want it now; Connectivity addiction; Multitasking mayhem; The screenage brain; Are IQ tests making kids stupid?; 2 Pre-Teens: An Apple for Every Teacher; Not enough thinking inside the sand box; A cut-and-paste education; Why books still matter; We need more childlike thinking; Dare to dream; 10 ways our education system could stimulate young minds