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FOR its annual question about science and tech for 2010, the Edge asked: how is the internet changing the way you think? Now the answers are on offer in book form.

Some of the world鈥檚 leading thinkers on the issue prove deliciously divided. Technology author Nicolas Carr is alarmed by the impact of the internet, whereas cognitive scientist Steven Pinker鈥檚 response is entitled 鈥淣ot at all鈥�. Thinking around the debate, Andy Clark, a philosopher of the theory of mind, asks: 鈥淲hat kind of a dumb question is that?鈥�

The book鈥檚 conversational tone makes for enjoyable, intellectually engaging reading. I can鈥檛 help but think, however, that as science marches on we will look back on these perspectives and see a sort of 2010 time capsule. But if you are looking for a place to gather crucial questions for research whose answers will shape the world, look no further.