Zap-happy brains: is the internet changing the way we think?
Are serious thinking and the internet incompatible?
Neuroscientist features on iPM this week, raising concerns about the impact of screen-based technologies on our ability for deep, concentrated thinking.
This is the full interview - an edited version will broadcast on Saturday's programme.
We'd like to pursue Baroness Greenfield's questions which you may or may not agree with, and in next week's programme we'll hear an alternative viewpoint.
Are we bombarding people with information in the mistaken belief that it's knowledge?
Do we want a world with people just living in the moment - having meaningless thrills with no narrative?
What kind of people do we want our children to be? What kind of people are best going to be citizens in the 21st century and what kinds of skills will they require?
Baroness Greenfield has recently published a book looking at these questions, ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century.
It's a view also laid out in the essay that's provoked much debate - by .
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