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“The paradox of neuroplasticity, observes Doidge, is that, for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into “rigid behaviors.” quote by Nicholas Carr — Download Open image

““The paradox of neuroplasticity, observes Doidge, is that, for all the mental flexibility it grants us, it can end up locking us into “rigid behaviors.””

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“In the long run, the IT department is unlikely to survive, at least not in its familiar form.”

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“Personal memory shapes and sustains the “collective memory” that underpins culture.”

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“The strip-mining of “relevant content” replaces the slow excavation of meaning. IT”

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