📗 Libro en inglés THE EXTINCTION OF EXPERIENCE

Drawing on decades of research The Extinction of Experience is a philosophical defence of what makes us human and a powerful urgent call to reclaim ourselves in a digital world Essential reading in a dislocated world KATHERINE MAY author of Wintering A beautifully expressed ode to the vanishing components of life that remain unplanned unresearched and unrecorded Excellent ADAM ALTER author of Irresistible Human experiences are disappearing Social media gaming and dating apps have usurped in person interaction handwriting is no longer prioritised in schools and emotion is sooner expressed through likes and emojis than face to face conversations With headphones in and eyes trained on our phones even boredom has been obliterated But as Christine Rosen expertly shows when we embrace this mediated life and conform to the demands of the machine we risk becoming more disconnected and machine like ourselves There is another way For too long under the influence of corporate giants and tech enthusiasts we ve accepted the idea that change always means better But rapidly developing technology isn t neutral it s ambivalent and capable of enormous harm To improve our well being help future generations flourish and recover our shared humanity