The Glass Cage - How Our Computers Are Changing Us

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows , a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and four other acclaimed books. A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review , he writes for the Atlantic , the New York Times , and the Wall Street Journal . He lives in Oregon. Klappentext In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure. Even as they bring ease to our lives, these programs are stealing something essential from us. Drawing on psychological and neurological studies that underscore how tightly people's happiness and satisfaction are tied to performing hard work in the real world, Carr reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented. From nineteenth-century textile mills to the cockpits of modern jets, from the frozen hunting grounds of Inuit tribes to the sterile landscapes of GPS maps, The Glass Cage explores the impact of automation from a deeply human perspective, examining the personal as well as the economic consequences of our growing dependence on computers. With a characteristic blend of history and philosophy, poetry and science, Carr takes us on a journey from the work and early theory of Adam Smith and Alfred North Whitehead to the latest research into human attention, memory, and happiness, culminating in a moving meditation on how we can use technology to expand the human experience.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Nicholas Carr
• Edition: Norton and Co Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780393351637
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35163-7
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects