Google Turns Us Inward

By Virginia Prescott on Monday, August 3, 2009.

Is Google turning us inward? As our brains adapt to taking in more and more information, wired humans are beginning to exhibit traits associated with the Autism spectrum.

That’s according to Tyler Cowen an economist at George Mason University and author of the popular blog Marginal Revolution. His new book is called Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World. He joins us from his office in Washington, DC to explain.

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Autism as Academic Paradigm

(Photo by Brookhaven National Laboratory via Flickr/Creative Commons)

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