The Glass Cage: Automation and Us (W.W. Norton & Co.), by Nicholas Carr I haven’t needed to memorize a phone number since I bought my first cellphone 15 years ago. Now I couldn’t recall a single ...

Some years ago, Nicholas Carr published a long essay in The Atlantic called "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" He wrote of Google's ambitious leaders that "their easy assumption that we'd all 'be better ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Boston Globe reviews "The Glass Cage," by Nicholas Carr: "Machines are becoming smart enough to do the high-skill jobs we once believed 'computer-proof.' Carr fears that all of us will see our ...