By David Shenk
Media pupil ( and net fanatic ) David Shenk examines the troubling results of data proliferation on bodies, our brains, our relations, and our tradition, then deals strikingly down-to-earth insights for dealing with the deluge.
With a skillful mix of own essay, firsthand reportage, and sharp research, Shenk illustrates the imperative paradox of our time: as our international will get extra advanced, our responses to it develop into more and more simplistic. He attracts convincing hyperlinks among facts smog and tension distraction, indecision, cultural fragmentation, social vulgarity, and more.
But there is wish for a saner, extra significant destiny, as Shenk deals a wealth of novel prescriptions—both own and societal—for dispelling info smog.
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