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In emergency, break glass, what Nietzsche can teach us about joyful living in a tech-saturated world, Nate Anderson

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In emergency, break glass, what Nietzsche can teach us about joyful living in a tech-saturated world, Nate Anderson

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

In emergency, break glass

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bibliography

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1268984473

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Nate Anderson

Sub title

what Nietzsche can teach us about joyful living in a tech-saturated world

Summary

"A lively and approachable meditation on how we can transform our digital lives if we let a little Nietzsche in. Who has not found themselves scrolling endlessly on screens and wondered: am I living or distracting myself from living? In Emergency, Break Glass adapts Friedrich Nietzsche's passionate quest for meaning into a world overwhelmed by "content." Written long before the advent of smartphones, Nietzsche's aphoristic philosophy advocated a fierce mastery of attention, a strict information diet, and a powerful connection to the natural world. Drawing on Nietzsche's work, technology journalist Nate Anderson advocates for a life of goal-oriented, creative exertion as more meaningful than the "frictionless" leisure often promised by our devices. He rejects the simplicity of contemporary prescriptions like reducing screen time in favor of looking deeply at what truly matters to us, then finding ways to make our technological tools serve this vision. With a light touch suffused by humor, Anderson uncovers the impact of this "yes-saying" philosophy on his own life-and perhaps on yours"--, Provided by publisher

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