Nicholas Carr: The Shallows: The internet’s cacophony of stimuli short-circuits both conscious and unconscious thought. dld.bz/EakA

Glenn Beck throws racial epithets about Barack Obama’s 11 year old daughter {Dana Milbank, Tears of a Clown} dld.bz/Ea57

Technology has converged so that how we build urban life is very similar around the world. (Kevin Kelly, What Tech...) dld.bz/F3xR

Michio Kaku: The physics of the near future will make computing displays in the form of contact lenses possible: dld.bz/EhE9

Steve Jobs, “I dropped out of ReedCollege but stayed around for another 18 months or so.” [Return to the Little Kingdom] dld.bz/GpSw

At 16, Pierre Curie had a university degree. (Lauren Redniss, Radioactive) dld.bz/Gc7k interesting books

In The Shallows, it does seem as though the Nicholas Carr's memory really has been degraded by his internet abuse dld.bz/EakA

Google provides its employees with free on-site medical and dental care and haircuts (David A. Vise) dld.bz/Gfen

A Chinese mother believes that medals can only be Gold (Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother) dld.bz/Fu4K

Google terrifies retailers, publishers and media firms alike... (David A. Vise) dld.bz/Gfen interesting books nonfiction