Against Convenience
The Costs of Our Everyday Choices & How to Make Better Ones
$31.45
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
A rousing call to question the cost of convenience and find a slower, more sustainable alternative.
Are we paying too high a price for ‘easy’? When just about anything we want is a few taps away, why does it feel like something in our lives is missing?
From dinner delivered to your door in minutes, to relationships mediated by apps, we’ve always valued innovations that make life easier. But every convenience has a cost; if we don’t pay it, someone else has to.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241766378 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241766370 |
| Author: | Gabe Bullard |
| Publisher: | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Imprint: | DK RED |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm |
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About The Author
Gabe Bullard
Gabe Bullard is a Nieman Journalism Fellow with twenty years of experience in journalism. He was instrumental in launching NPR’s talk show 1A and later served as Managing Producer for NPR’s Here & Now. His writing has been featured in The Washington Post, 99% Invisible, and Smithsonian Magazine.
Bullard also contributes a column on technology to Nieman Reports, a publication focused on media. He offers consulting services for radio programs and podcasts and is a co-founder of Together, Alone, an online magazine dedicated to television criticism.
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