The Blind Giant
How to Survive in the Digital Age
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2013
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84854-643-1 (ISBN)
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84854-643-1 (ISBN)
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Being Human in a Digital World.
The digital age.
An age of isolation, warped communication, disintegrating community. Where unfiltered and unregulated information pours relentlessly into our lives, destroying what it means to be human.
Or an age of marvels. Where there is a world of wonder at our fingertips. Where we can communicate across the globe, learn in the blink of an eye, pull down the barriers that divide us and move forward together.
Whatever your reaction to technological culture, the speed with which our world is changing is both mesmerising and challenging.
In The Blind Giant, novelist and tech blogger Nick Harkaway draws together fascinating and disparate ideas to challenge the notion that digital culture is the source of all our modern ills, while at the same time showing where the dangers are real and suggesting how they can be combated. Ultimately, the choice is ours: engage with the machines that we have created, or risk creating a world which is designed for corporations and computers rather than people. This is an essential handbook for everyone trying to be human in a digital age.
The digital age.
An age of isolation, warped communication, disintegrating community. Where unfiltered and unregulated information pours relentlessly into our lives, destroying what it means to be human.
Or an age of marvels. Where there is a world of wonder at our fingertips. Where we can communicate across the globe, learn in the blink of an eye, pull down the barriers that divide us and move forward together.
Whatever your reaction to technological culture, the speed with which our world is changing is both mesmerising and challenging.
In The Blind Giant, novelist and tech blogger Nick Harkaway draws together fascinating and disparate ideas to challenge the notion that digital culture is the source of all our modern ills, while at the same time showing where the dangers are real and suggesting how they can be combated. Ultimately, the choice is ours: engage with the machines that we have created, or risk creating a world which is designed for corporations and computers rather than people. This is an essential handbook for everyone trying to be human in a digital age.
Nick Harkaway is the author of two novels, The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker, and a regular blogger for the Bookseller's FutureBook website. From 1999 to 2008, he was a jobbing scriptwriter. During that time he also wrote brochure copy for a company selling bottle-capping machinery, and the website text for an exclusive lingerie boutique. He lives in London with his wife Clare, a human rights lawyer, and his daughter Clemency.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.1.2013 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 197 mm |
Gewicht | 223 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84854-643-2 / 1848546432 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84854-643-1 / 9781848546431 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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