/lit/ - Literature

The Question Concerning Technology by Martin Heidegger argues that technology is really a mode of thinking that makes people view things as "standing reserve," that is, resources to be exploited in the future.

"The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr argues that the internet, like all media, actually changes the brain itself. More specifically, he argues that the net has a negative effect on the mind, because of the way it encourages "shallow reading" as opposed to "deep reading." Carr backs up his points with cognitive science and a lot of studies.

That's all I can think of, right now.