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24 alternatives to The Shallows

What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Shallows launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Shallows▲65

   What the internet is doing to our brains

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Your Brain on Porn▲65

   Internet porn and emerging science of addiction.

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Smarter Than You Think▲128

   How tech boosts our cognitive abilities

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Distracted Mind▲72

   Ancient brains in a high-tech world

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tubes▲54

   A Journey to the Center of the Internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Dark Net▲62

   A revelatory examination of the internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Living Brain▲63

   The deep mysteries of the human brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Unscientific America▲54

   How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Branded Mind▲57

   What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Future of the Mind▲72

    The latest advancements in neuroscience and physics

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Brain Fog Fix▲73

    Reclaim your focus

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Cognitive Lode▲197

    Playbook of cognitive biases & psych research

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Wandering Mind▲71

    What the brain does when you're not looking

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Decoded▲62

    The science behind why we buy

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Organized Mind▲70

    Thinking straight in the age of information overload

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Dataclysm▲71

    What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Internet of Garbage▲71

    An assessment & prescription for our garbage internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Reading the Comments▲70

    Likers, haters, and manipulators at the bottom of the web

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67

    Extraordinary journeys into the human brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things▲70

    Relationship between online trolling & mainstream culture

    2016 · its alternatives →

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