The Real Brain Drain ; (1) Saturday Essay(2) in a Chilling New Book, a Leading Neuroscientist Says Modern Technology -- Including Violent Computer Games -- Is Changing the Way Our Brains Work and Weakening the Ability to Think for Ourselves

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In a chilling new book, a leading neuroscientist says modern technology -- including violent computer games -- is changing the way our brains work and weakening the ability to think for ourselves

HUMAN identity, the idea that defines each and every one of us, could be facing an unprecedented crisis. It is a crisis that would threaten long-held notions of who we are, what we do and how we behave. It goes right to the heart -- or the head -- of us all.

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The Real Brain Drain ; (1) Saturday Essay(2) in a Chilling New Book, a Leading Neuroscientist Says Modern Technology -- Including Violent Computer Games -- Is Changing the Way Our Brains Work and Weakening the Ability to Think for Ourselves

This crisis could reshape how we interact with each other, alter what makes us happy, and modify our capacity for reaching our full potential as individuals. And it's caused by one simple fact: the human brain, that most sensitive of organs, is under threat from the modern world.

Unless we wake up to the damage that the gadget-filled, pharmaceutically-enhanced 21st century is doing to our brains, we could be sleepwalking towards a future in which neuro-chip technology blurs the line between living and non-living machines, and between our bodies and the outside world.

It would be a world where such devic...

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