The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains

http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-shallows-what-the-internet-is-doing-to-our-brains

I'd be interested in reading this book. I think the internet is certainly changing the way we function and think. The article mentions that books were intended to focus our attention and promote deeper thinking and concentration on one topic. This stands in stark contrast to the way the internet works for us. The internet enables us to take in small bits of a large variety of information. We are getting more and more accustomed to skimming and probing and and less practiced in really delving into a subject. With all the talk about what form books will take on in the future, at this point we often assume that books will take on a digital presence. But if the book and the internet have such opposite functions is it even realistic to think that the book can be transformed into a digital version without its function and purpose also being altered?