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Mood Machine by Liz Pelly
An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming …
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An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming …
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The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings …
Borne is a 2017 novel by American writer Jeff VanderMeer. It concerns a post-apocalyptic city setting overrun by biotechnology.
"Underhållande folkbildning på hög nivå" Dagens Nyheter "'Fuskbygget' är måste-läsning för alla med bostadslån" Upsala Nya Tidning
Tillgång på bostäder …
Stop trying to become "better" by suppressing or hiding parts of yourself, and learn what it means to be fully …
Newport's book is well written, with some genuinely interesting passages, but is probably best suited for people who have never questioned their own digital habits and tendencies, which ironically are also the people least likely to pick up this particular book.
The more in-depth parts of the book work very well, such as the chapters on why likes on Facebook and gambling are the same, why the Amish people are hackers in the truest sense and how the New York Sun newspaper already operated in a way reminiscent of today's attention economy, all the way back in 1830. Newport also makes a very strong case as for ~why~ you should review your digital habits.
The weak sides of the book are clearly HOW this should happen. Most of the tips Cal comes up with are along the lines of; turn off notifications and leave your phone at home. Although it …
Newport's book is well written, with some genuinely interesting passages, but is probably best suited for people who have never questioned their own digital habits and tendencies, which ironically are also the people least likely to pick up this particular book.
The more in-depth parts of the book work very well, such as the chapters on why likes on Facebook and gambling are the same, why the Amish people are hackers in the truest sense and how the New York Sun newspaper already operated in a way reminiscent of today's attention economy, all the way back in 1830. Newport also makes a very strong case as for ~why~ you should review your digital habits.
The weak sides of the book are clearly HOW this should happen. Most of the tips Cal comes up with are along the lines of; turn off notifications and leave your phone at home. Although it is a relevant method, a lot of preliminary work is required before someone with a stressful digital life chooses to go that way.
The most relevant questions in this context, when you zoom out, is not limited to either new technology nor social media - but is a question that has eluded us for centuries: how can we see through our own egocentric concepts/constructions and face reality - as it actually is - here and now?