{"product_id":"some-things-are-just-true-clinging-to-our-humanity-in-an-increasingly-digital-world-9798996808625","title":"Some Things are Just True: Clinging to Our Humanity in an Increasingly Digital World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommon sense called. It wants its world back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are drowning in information and starving for wisdom. We are raising children who cannot make change, read a map, or sit through a conversation without checking their phones. We are performing our lives for strangers online while the people who actually love us wait for us to look up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuzAnne Driscoll is looking up. And she has some things to say.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome Things are Just True\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp, funny, and bracingly honest collection of essays written from the front lines of modern life. Drawing on a Gen X perspective sharpened by decades of parenting, observing, and paying close attention, each piece takes on one of the most stubborn myths of our connected age: that more information, more options, and more screen time are making us \u003cem\u003ebetter\u003c\/em\u003e. You can draw your own conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is for you if you have ever: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatched a college student fail to calculate a 20 percent tip and felt a quiet panic about the future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWondered why kids who have been given everything seem prepared for nothing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaken a break from social media and felt genuinely lighter within 48 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuspected that helicopter parenting, student loan forgiveness, and the death of the handwritten thank-you note are all connected\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaid out loud, to no one in particular, \"What is happening to people?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. Driscoll covers the topics that everyone is thinking about but not always addressing head-on. She tackles parenting without a spine, the social media performance trap, the college debt crisis, the slow erosion of basic civic knowledge, the quiet conflict between men and women, and why the best years of your life may actually be just around the corner and not in the rear-view mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is not nostalgic for a perfect past. She is paying attention to a very imperfect present.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach essay is short, readable, and built around a simple premise: that the most important truths about being human are not complicated, not partisan, and not new. We knew them once. We can find our way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIdeal for readers of cultural commentary, parenting essays, social criticism, and lifestyle nonfiction. A perfect read for anyone who grew up before the internet and occasionally misses it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you have ever felt like the only adult left in the room, this book belongs on your shelf.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Through Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996808625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"SuzAnne Driscoll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53459106037941,"sku":"9798996808625","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9798996808625.jpg?v=1791297726","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/some-things-are-just-true-clinging-to-our-humanity-in-an-increasingly-digital-world-9798996808625","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}