The Blind Giant
How to Survive in the Digital Age
$44.21
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2013
Summary
The digital age: An age of isolation, warped communication, disintegrating community. Where unfiltered and unregulated information pours relentlessly into our lives, destroying what it means to be human. Or an age of marvels. Where there is a world of wonder at our fingertips. Where we can communicate across the globe, learn in the blink of an eye, pull down the barriers that divide us and move forward together.
Whatever your reaction to technological culture, the speed with whic…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848546431 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848546432 |
| Author: | Nick Harkaway |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 20mm |
| Series: | John Murray |
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Harkaway approaches technology not as a proselytiser but simply as a human being. This is the book’s great strength: a warm, intelligent, trustworthy sensibility. The language is at times exquisite, and there are enough aphorisms to embellish PowerPoint presentations in Shoreditch for decades to come - Literary Review
Harkaway is a qualified optimist on new technology and social media - IndependentHarkaway has some big things to say about the current state of the world and he does so in an unassuming way, using his wry personal reminiscence to illustrate his point - GuaridanAbout The Author
Nick Harkaway
Nick Harkaway is the author of two novels and a regular blogger for the Bookseller’s FutureBook website. From 1999 to 2008, he was a jobbing scriptwriter. During that time he also wrote brochure copy for a company selling bottle-capping machinery, and the website text for an exclusive lingerie boutique.
He lives in London with his wife Clare, a human rights lawyer, and his daughter Clemency, an infant.Returns
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