Don't Burn Anyone at the Stake Today - Other lessons from history about living through an information

<An electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women''s Prize-winning writer Naomi Alderman

From the award-winning, bestselling author of


The internet has flooded us with more knowledge, opinions, ideas, opportunities, as well as verbal attacks and misinformation than ever before. It lets us learn more quickly and also spread falsehood more quickly, it brings us together and also divides us in new ways, it is now the lens through which we perceive and understand the world. There is no going back. But we have been here before. In fact, this is humanity''s third information crisis.

The first, the invention of writing 5,000 years ago and the second, the invention of the printing press, 600 years ago, drastically reshaped our perceptions, interactions and mental landscapes in ways that feel acutely familiar. Overwhelmed by information, people become afraid and angry, unsettled and distressed as well as more knowledgeable, educated and curious. By looking at those previous information crises, both the turmoil and the advances, Alderman asks what we can learn from the past to better understand, and navigate, our present and our future.

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Product details

• Authors: Naomi Alderman, Alderman Naomi
• Publisher: Fig Tree
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2025
• EAN: 9780241777633
• ISBN: 978-0-241-77763-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 204 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, Artificial Intelligence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Conspiracy Theories, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Information technology industries, Social and cultural history, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Impact of science and technology on society, Conspiracy Theories, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General