The stars in our pockets : getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age

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Label

The stars in our pockets : getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age

Title remainder

getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age

Statement of responsibility

Howard Axelrod

Creator

• Axelrod, Howard, 1973-

Author

• Axelrod, Howard, 1973-

Subject

• Axelrod, Howard, 1973-
• Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
• Information technology -- Social aspects
• Technological innovations -- Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

"Axelrod spins his personal philosophy out into the wider world, where technology is changing the nature of human consciousness faster than we can see it happening. He draws a parallel between the environmental crisis and a lesser-known, but equally pressing issue: as we lose the world around us, he argues, we are losing our interior worlds, too. We can't navigate without a GPS, we can't pay attention unless our attention is DEMANDED in all caps and moving pictures. We tap our phones 2,617 times a day, inadvertently deciding to rely on these devices instead of our minds to provide our lives with content and meaning. In the tradition of Leslie Jamison's Empathy Exams, Axelrod marshals cultural and theoretical ideologies to ask questions both personal and universal"--

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Dewey number

303.48/33

Index

no index present

LC call number

HM846

LC item number

.A94 2020

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography