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Scott, Laurence

 
9780393353075: The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0393353079 ISBN 13 : 9780393353075
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

Synopsis

Each of us exists in three-dimensional, physical space. But, as a constellation of everyday digital phenomena rewires our lives, we are increasingly coaxed from the containment of our predigital selves into a wonderful and eerie fourth dimension, a world of ceaseless communication, instant information, and global connection.

Our portals to this new world have been wedged open, and the silhouette of a figure is slowly taking shape. But what does it feel like to be four-dimensional? How do digital technologies influence the rhythms of our thoughts, the style and tilt of our consciousness? What new sensitivities and sensibilities are emerging with our exposure to the delights, sorrows, and anxieties of a networked world? And how do we live in public with these recoded private lives?

Laurence Scott--hailed as a "New Generation Thinker" by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC--shows how this four-dimensional life is dramatically changing us by redefining our social lives and extending the limits of our presence in the world. Blending tech-philosophy with insights on everything from Seinfeld to the fall of Gaddafi, Scott stands with a rising generation of social critics hoping to understand our new reality. His virtuosic debut is a revelatory and original exploration of life in the digital age.

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À propos de l'auteur

Laurence Scott's essays and criticism have appeared on NewYorker.com and in the Guardian, the Financial Times, and the London Review of Books, among other publications. He is a lecturer in writing at New York University in London and lives in London.

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Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393353079
ISBN 13 
9780393353075
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
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Personne responsable
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