Nicholas G. Carr

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Full Name	Nicholas G. Carr
Occupation	American Writer
Date Of Birth	Jan 7, 1959(1959-01-07)
Age	65
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Nicholas G. Carr Biography

Nicholas G. Carr is one of the most popular and richest American writer who was born on January 7, 1959 in United States. Nicholas G. Carr, born 1959, is an American writer who published articles and books on technology, culture, and business. His book The Shallows, What the Internet is Doing to our Brains was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction 2011.

The Atlantic published Carr’s article, “Is Google Making us Stupid?” in the summer 2008. The Atlantic published Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” as the cover story in its annual Ideas issue. The article, which is highly critical of the Internet’s impact on cognition has been widely discussed in the media as well as the blogosphere. Carr’s main argument states that the Internet could have negative effects on cognition, reducing the ability to concentrate and contemplate.

Carr’s 2010 book, The Shallows, develops this argument further. Discussing various examples ranging from Nietzsche’s typewriter to London cab drivers’ GPS navigators, Carr shows how newly introduced technologies change the way people think, act and live. The book focuses on the detrimental influence of the Internet—although it does recognize its beneficial aspects—by investigating how hypertext has contributed to the fragmentation of knowledge. When users search the Web, for instance, the context of information can be easily ignored. “We don’t see the trees,” Carr writes. “We see twigs and leaves.” One of Carr’s major points is that the change caused by the Internet involves the physical restructuring of the human brain, which he explains using the neuroscientific notion of “neuroplasticity.” In addition to being a Pulitzer Prize nominee, the book appeared on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list and has been translated into 17 languages.

In 2014, Carr published his fourth book, “The Glass Cage: Automation and Us”, which presents a critical examination of the role of computer automation in contemporary life. Spanning historical, technical, economic, and philosophical viewpoints, the book has been widely acclaimed by reviewers, with the New York Times Sunday Book Review terming it “essential.”

Carr was elected to the Editorial Board of Advisors of Encyclopaedia Britannica in January 2008. Carr was previously the executive editor of Harvard Business Review. He attended Dartmouth College and Harvard University.

Nicholas G. Carr Net Worth

Nicholas G. Carr is one of the richest American Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nicholas G. Carr 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nicholas Carr first rose to prominence in 2003 with his Harvard Business Review article, “IT Doesn’t Matter”, and the 2004 book Does IT matter? Information Technology and The Corrosion Of Competitive Advantage (Harvard Business School Press). These widely read works argue that information technology has lost its strategic importance in business due to the increasing standardization, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility of IT. His ideas caused a stir in the information technology sector, provoking heated outcries from executives at Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, and other major technology companies. However, other commentators had mixed reactions to his ideas. Carr wrote the controversial article, “The End of Corporate Computing”, in 2005’s MIT Sloan Management Review. He argued that information technology will be purchased from outside suppliers in the future.

Carr, through his blog “Rough Type,” has criticised technological utopianism and especially the populist claims for online social production. He wrote a 2005 blog essay titled “The Amorality of Web 2.0” in which he criticized the quality of Web 2.0 information projects like Wikipedia and the blogosphere. He argued that these projects may have a negative impact on society because they replace more expensive professional alternatives. Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia co-founder, admitted that Carr’s comments about Wikipedia articles were “quite frankly, an embarrassment”. He also solicited suggestions for improving Wikipedia’s quality. Carr claimed that Wikipedia’s dominance in search results could be leading to “information plantations” and a dangerous consolidation. Carr used the term “wikicrats” to describe Wikipedia administrators in August

2007. This was part of a wider critique of Wikipedia’s tendency over time to create more complex and elaborate systems of rules, bureaucratic rank and caste.

Carr’s second book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google, was published in January 2008 by W. W. Norton. It examines the economic and social consequences of the rise of Internet-based “cloud computing” comparing the consequences to those that occurred with the rise of electric utilities in the early 20th century.

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Nicholas Ranked on the list of most popular American writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nicholas G. Carr celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.

What is Nicholas Carr known for?

Nicholas Carr is an acclaimed writer whose work focuses on the intersection of technology, economics, and culture. His books, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

Is Nicholas Carr credible?

He is a member of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s editorial board of advisors. In 2005, Optimize magazine named Carr one of the leading thinkers on information technology , and in 2007 eWeek named him one of the 100 most influential people in IT.

Does it matter Nicholas G Carr?

by Nicholas Carr In Does IT Matter?, Carr argues that IT has become a commodity, and because the very nature of strategy requires differentiation, IT cannot possibly qualify. IT can be used to supplement and improve strategy implementation, but it is not the foundation of a competitive advantage.

What did Nicholas Carr major in?

He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A., in English and American Literature and Language , from Harvard University. cloud computing, method of running application software and storing related data in central computer systems and providing customers or other users access to them through the Internet.

What is Carr's main argument about information technology?

What is Carr’s main argument about information technology? That information technology is just a commodity and cannot be used to gain a competitive advantage.