Author and Technology Critic
Dr. Nicholas Carr is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of 'The Shallows', where he explores how the internet is reshaping cognitive processes.
The average attention span reportedly dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8.25 seconds by 2015 — shorter, allegedly, than a goldfish's. Dr. Linda Stone, Dr. Nicholas Carr, and Dr. Howard Gardner debate whether TikTok-era kids are losing the capacity for deep thought, or simply developing a different kind of cognitive skill entirely.
