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The Internet has revolutionized how we search for all kinds of information. But some wonder whether increasingly powerful search engines and the wealth of information on the Web are making us sloppy and impatient. We talk with thinkers from a broad range of specialties about how our online habits are rewiring our brains and our research habits-- and whether that's a good thing.
Nicholas Carr, Writer; Author of the article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" in The Atlantic magazine
James A. Evans, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
Erika Linke, Associate Dean of University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University; and President, Association of College and Research Libraries
Alex Halavais, Assistant Professor of Communications, Quinnipiac University
A fluent Chinese speaker, Philip Pan traveled to many places considered off-limits to Westerners in his ten years as the Washington Post's Beijing bureau chief. We talk with him about how China is changing -- or not -- as a result of the upcoming Olympics, the recent earthquake, and the exploding market free market economy.
Philip P. Pan, former Washington Post Beijing Bureau Chief; author of "Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China" (Simon and Schuster)
Victor Cha, Professor, D.S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and Government, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and author of the forthcoming book, "Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia"
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