Technology is not the problem
Harkness, Timandra2024
Book
Technology has delivered a world that we expect to revolve around us, our needs and preferences, and our unique personalities. We willingly hand over intimate information about ourselves in return for a world that's easier to navigate. We live in the Personalised Century, where we view ourselves in terms of what rather than who we are - the objects of others' recognition, rather than the subjects and authors of our own lives. Is this a sign of our shrinking sense of self? Interrogating the historical currents that have brought us here, Harkness envisages a messier, riskier and less comfortable world than the one into which we're sliding. Challenging readers to look at what's missing from their personalised menus, Technology is not the Problem encourages us to look afresh at the familiar: not just the technology we use every day, how we relate to the world and those around us.
Main title:
Technology is not the problem / Timandra Harkness.
Author:
Harkness, Timandra, author
Imprint:
London : HQ, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
vi, 373 pages ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
ch. 1. From mass production to customised consumptionch. 2. From mass media to your own channelch 3. From mass movements to the personal is politicalch. 4. From file cards to profiles: technologych. 5. From necessity to freedom: choicech. 6. Pilgrims of ourselves: identitych. 7. The narcissist in the hall of mirrorsch. 8. Right for you and only youch. 9. It's not technology - it's usch. 10. Rescuing the person from the personalised centurych. 11. - Courage and hope.
ISBN:
9780008503604 (hardback)9780008494612 (paperback)
Dewey class:
303.4833
Language:
English
BRN:
2281654