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graberry's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
1.0
This is definitely the worst book I've read this year. What is supposed to be thought provoking comes across as a grim view of the future. There's page after page of platitudes and incomplete and unconnected thoughts and musings. The authors seem to think readers have lost their attention span or patience for long form writing and instead give us a series of images and tweet-like statements that are nothing more than pretentious. I definitely don't recommend this book.
bignolles's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
lofi_insect's review
fast-paced
2.5
shockingly average. hurr durr internet/technology/capitalism, except detached from reality and incredibly shallow. would've loved the format if there was anything to the content
benajet's review
5.0
Is this a book? I’m not sure
Did it blow my mind? Yes
Please read (?) if you are alive in the modern age and use the Internet
Did it blow my mind? Yes
Please read (?) if you are alive in the modern age and use the Internet
dessa's review against another edition
5.0
This is almost a companion piece to "Shopping in Jail" - touches on a lot of the same ideas, summarizing some of them beautifully while expanding on others. It's also a piece of art - similar to some of McLuhan's mash-up works. It reads really quickly but pokes around in your brain pretty deeply.
happyglowlucky's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. And it's timing was perfect, because I'm just in the process of trying to spend less time online. The format is creative, and thought-provoking. One aspect of this quirky book that I really appreciate is that is it, as other reviews have mentioned, not preachy; it is always really hard to listen to any person or book that is being preachy. This book isn't preachy at all - it's more that it just lays the facts out for you, and you yourself get to decide what to make of them. At the same time, it lays out the facts in a way that makes you really think, and makes you ponder technology, what it means, and what it is doing to our minds, our lives, and our planet.
Sometimes, it takes a book written in a quirky format like this in order to get the message across. The way the text is written, the pictures, all of it...it is very, very effective in getting its message across. A wonderful, though-provoking book, that, frankly, anyone who gets online should read (and that's pretty much all of us).
Sometimes, it takes a book written in a quirky format like this in order to get the message across. The way the text is written, the pictures, all of it...it is very, very effective in getting its message across. A wonderful, though-provoking book, that, frankly, anyone who gets online should read (and that's pretty much all of us).
anuwolf's review against another edition
4.0
Oh gosh, I guess I was due for another existential crisis. So, I found this book at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto, and then flipped through it. It seemed interesting, so I got it from the library.
Anyways, it is a conversation about technology and the internet and how that is affecting the current human existence. What does it mean for us? And, as a conversation, it asked a lot of questions and gave a lot of answers, but no conclusion. It left me to ponder: does the internet really make us more connected? If so, why do so many of us feel isolated? Is going on social media considered connecting with your friends? What if you sit in a room together and all individually go on social media? And why does my life feel shorter, faster, and less exciting? Is the 40hr work-week really my goal in life?
I don't know the answer to all these questions, but it is making me think about how I use technology. Am I even capable of an individual thought? Regardless, I know when I go on long hikes and I'm in a tent with no cellular service or wifi, and with some good pals, I feel happy. I need to remember that I feel happy and connected in nature.
Anyways, it is a conversation about technology and the internet and how that is affecting the current human existence. What does it mean for us? And, as a conversation, it asked a lot of questions and gave a lot of answers, but no conclusion. It left me to ponder: does the internet really make us more connected? If so, why do so many of us feel isolated? Is going on social media considered connecting with your friends? What if you sit in a room together and all individually go on social media? And why does my life feel shorter, faster, and less exciting? Is the 40hr work-week really my goal in life?
I don't know the answer to all these questions, but it is making me think about how I use technology. Am I even capable of an individual thought? Regardless, I know when I go on long hikes and I'm in a tent with no cellular service or wifi, and with some good pals, I feel happy. I need to remember that I feel happy and connected in nature.