How technology is robbing us of our old abilities

The Glass Cage. Where Automation Is Taking Us. By Nicholas Carr Bodley Head, €16.35. Reviewed by Brendan Daly.

Otto the automatic pilot in Airplane!: while automation makes our life easier, Nicholas Carr argues that it leads to the erosion of our skills

On May 31, 2009, an Air France Airbus A330 departed from Rio de Janeiro, bound for Paris. Three hours into the flight, the jet encountered a storm. When the airspeed sensors ...