> What I've Learned. How the Internet Redesigns Your Mind | Choose Your Default Mode. YouTube, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWI4_Oe-Qbs>. Accessed 16 Aug. 2021. # How the Internet Redesigns your Mind | Choose your Default Mode > This video is about the choice we constantly have to make throughout the day now that we have the internet in our pockets. - The way you use the Internet literally changes your brain's default way of operating - When you manipulate a tool, the brain interprets it as part of your body - Nicholas Carr, _The Shallows_ - The map changes our perception of our location; the clock does the same to our perception of time - Our brains are naturally on the alert for new information - Your brain can be compared to a web browser; if you get distracted by something, it clutters your recent browser history - This hinders your creativity and effectiveness - Only information in the long-term memory can be used in meaningful connections - Nicholas Carr: "Attention is the key to the process of transferring information into long-term memory and creating connections" - Like how you choose what you eat based on how it will affect your body, choose what you use the Internet for based on how it will affect your brain - Cocaine damages your prefrontal cortex, the area responsible for executive control - The same thing happens to people addicted to the Internet