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Rewiring the Mind

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The Superficial Mind

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David Hendy asks if the internet is degrading or enhancing our mental abilities.

Rewiring the Mind: 5/5. The Superficial Mind: Historian David Hendy asks if the internet is slowly degrading or enhancing our mental abilities. Are our brains ready for it?

The historian of broadcasting, David Hendy, explores the ways in which the electronic media have shaped the modern mind. 
Might the Internet, despite its wonderful power as a repository of information and creativity, be slowly degrading or enhancing our mental abilities? Are our brains ready for it?

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

David Hendy examines the ways in which the electronic media have shaped the modern mind

Historian of broadcasting David Hendy examines the ways in which the electronic media have shaped the modern mind

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