CHAPTER 4
It’s Not Hand-Holding, It’s Agility
What we’re experiencing is, in a metaphorical sense, a reversal of the early trajectory of civilization: we are evolving from being cultivators of personal knowledge to being hunters and gatherers in the electronic data forest.
—Nicholas Carr, The Shallows1
With the relatively recent introduction of digital technology in our lives, we all are experiencing its consequences for the first time. In the previous chapters, I have shown how digital technology has influenced millennial behavior and expectations around where and when we work, as well as the type of work we do and the skills we use. In addition, it has also greatly impacted how we process and use information. As was also established in the ...
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