Too Much Knowing: Rereading Nicholas Carr in 2025 When Nicholas Carr published his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” back in 2008, he voiced a worry that felt both personal and prophetic: that his mind, once capable of settling into the slow rhythm of a book or the unbroken focus of long reading, had been rewired by … Continue reading Do We Know Too Much?
In the contemporary digital age, knowledge is no longer simply a shared public good – it has become a commodified asset, repackaged, monetised, and relentlessly circulated by a new class of cultural actors: influencers. Once confined to the fringes of media, these figures now dominate our feeds, shaping public discourse and occupying positions once held … Continue reading The Knowledge Economy and the Commodification of Influence
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