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Tag: Jonah Lehrer

Is page reading different from screen reading?

Posted on September 20, 2010 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

I perked up a couple weeks ago when I read Jonah Lehrer’s post about e-books and the possible differences between reading a screen and reading a page. Like Jonah, I regard e-books with an excitement tinged with lament. But as he notes, the tide is in; they’re here to stay. Jonah describes in his post […]

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Jonah Lehrer on the Neuroscience of Screwing Up

Posted on December 21, 2009 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

This Wired story from Jonah Lehrer examines something that too often goes unexamined: The monumental messiness of science. This merely puts science on a par with many other serious endeavors that people try to pursue with rigor and ambition — like, say, writing.

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53-inch penises, other self-destruction, & viruses bad & good

Posted on September 14, 2009 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

I regret I can’t handle at more length, the following weighty and pressing matters:

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I write features, reviews, and essays for The New York Times, National Geographic, Aeon, Mosaic, Slate, and other publications. I am also the author of three books, as well as the Atavist hit My Mother’s Lover, which tells the long-hidden story of my mother's secret WWII affair with a flight surgeon. MML became a # 1 best-selling Kindle Single and was chosen in 2014 by readers as their favorite Atavist publication. You can keep track of me at Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook. For occasional reading recommendations in my occasional newsletter, Read Two of These and Call Me in the Morning., sign up either here or in the form below.

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