More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The main message of 'Smarter Than You Think' is an attempt to look at the productively new and interesting ways that we… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Cities are dynamic - and deeply… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Transactive memory works best when you have a sense of how your partners' minds work - where they're strong, where they're weak,… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The amount of writing that people do online is astonishing, and historically unprecedented. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
As Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman document in their book Networked, people who are heavily socially active online tend to be also… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They're always… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Ambient awareness is the experience of knowing what's going on in the lives of other people - what they're thinking about, what… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
A huge amount of our everyday thinking - powerful, creative, and resonant stuff - is done socially: talking to other people, arguing… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Tip-of-the-tongue syndrome is when people almost remember something but need a computer, or someone else, to help them find it. The problem… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Ambient awareness is the experience of knowing what's going on in the lives of other people - what they're thinking about, what… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Personally, I'd love to see more social media firms develop business models that aren't reliant on advertising. If you're a social media… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Novelists in particular love to rhapsodize about the glory of the solitary mind; this is natural, because their job requires them to sit in… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.' — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
When you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
“While reading Kasparov’s book How Life Imitates Chess on my Kindle, I idly clicked on “popular highlights” to see what passages other readers had… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The main message of 'Smarter Than You Think' is an attempt to look at the productively new and interesting ways that we have begun… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Cities are dynamic - and deeply seductive for… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
