Similar to what she wrote, both book are about the internet, but the authors go about them in two different ways. My author, Clay Shirky, likes the internet mostly and all the cool things you can do with it, the gathering of people creates opportunity and change. The Author of the The Shallows does similar, reviews the internet, they both found the internet gets us closer and more frequently interacting with other people. The Shallows simply goes through how different site change and alter your brain, for example living with the internet you have a new schedule and new faster ways of finding things out etc. Our author says its better to be on the internet interacting than by yourself. It is emotional satisfaction as well as being in touch with others, even by watching a movie.
So the difference between the books is one is about all the cool features of different site and what good things have come out of them like charities, friendships, and improved sites and networks, Cognitive Surplus. The shallows is more that people living in this recent time have grown up with internet in their heads, there is not need for dictionaries, encyclopedias or books so the reliance on the internet is major. No need to talk to people in person anymore either because we have Facebook an aim. I am glad I read my book instead of that though, Angela's book seems really dry, I thought ours would be too but the stories inside were really interesting it turns out.
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