{"id":6972,"date":"2019-12-31T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2022-11-30T22:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:00:38","slug":"smart-or-teched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/smart-or-teched\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart or Teched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/soundcloud.com\/youarenotsosmart\/013-technology-clive-thompson\n<\/div><figcaption>You Are Not So Smart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Is all this new technology improving our smart thinking or dampening it?  Are all these new communication tools turning us into navel-gazing  human\/brand hybrids of Smart people, or are we developing a new set of senses that allow  us to benefit from never severing contact with the people most  important to us? Are we teched?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-3089787104\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-1464450197\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/76065\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p>That&#8217;s the topic of this Audiocast from the <em>You Are  Not So Smart Podcast<\/em>, and to answer these questions we welcome the  episode&#8217;s guest, Clive Thompson, who is the author of Smarter Than You  Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better. As the title  suggests, he disagrees with the naysayers, and his book is an  impressive investigation into why they are probably (thankfully) wrong.  Thompson is a journalist whose work can be found published in Wired, The  Washington Post, and the New York Times Magazine. You can learn more  about him at his website, CollisionDetection.Net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the  interview, I discuss a news story about research into how the way you  walk can encourage or discourage criminals to attack you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/youarenotsosmart\/013-technology-clive-thompson\">013 &#8211; Technology &#8211; Clive Thompson | You Are Not So Smart <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/collisiondetection.net\/\">Collision Detection<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clivethompson.net\/\">Clive Thompson<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"gtech-end-cont\" id=\"gtech-4202885741\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-4200081556\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/75343\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"jesdphis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif 1179w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis-768x950.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is all this new technology improving our smart thinking or dampening it? Are all these new communication tools turning us into navel-gazing human\/brand hybrids of Smart people, or are we developing a new set of senses that allow us to benefit from never severing contact with the people most important to us? Are we teched? 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