— Overview
The notes stay with that 2011 argument and with that 2017 present, and they stop before a later list of terms.
— Contents and key concepts
A 2011 book, read as if from 2017
The notes take up Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows, first published in 2011. Using the internet, Carr argues, changes the way we think; we are becoming, the title in Korean puts it, people who do not think. The notes speak from 2017, which is “now” in their pages, and they ask what that claim still means six years on.
Popcorn brain, and a scattered attention
Around the book they keep the phrase popcorn brain: a way of naming a scattered attention, the mind jumping, as popcorn jumps in a pan, from one stimulus to the next, and finding it harder to stay with a longer thought.
They set that phrase next to Carr’s claim, not as a later invention of their own, but as talk that had already gathered around the book by the time they were writing.
Where the notes stop
The notes leave the book there, before a later list of defined terms. The same Korean report, written out more fully, sits on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student reading of Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows that stays with a 2011 argument, popcorn brain, and a 2017 then-present.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
What book do the notes keep?
Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows, first published in 2011. The book, they write, argues that using the internet changes the way we think, and that we are becoming people who do not think as we once did.
What do they mean by popcorn brain?
A way of naming a scattered attention: the mind jumps, as popcorn jumps in a pan, from one stimulus to the next, and finds it harder to stay with a longer thought. They take that phrase from talk around the book, and set it next to Carr’s claim.
From when do they speak, and where do they stop?
From 2017, which is “now” in the notes. They leave Carr’s 2011 argument in that then-present, and they stop before a later list of defined terms.
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