{"product_id":"utopia-is-creepy-and-other-provocations-9780393254549","title":"Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a razor wit, Nicholas Carr cuts through Silicon Valley's unsettlingly cheery vision of the technological future to ask a hard question: Have we been seduced by a lie? Gathering a decade's worth of posts from his blog, Rough Type, as well as his seminal essays, \u003cem\u003eUtopia Is Creepy\u003c\/em\u003e offers an alternative history of the digital age, chronicling its roller-coaster crazes and crashes, its blind triumphs, and its unintended consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarr's favorite targets are those zealots who believe so fervently in computers and data that they abandon common sense. Cheap digital tools do not make us all the next Fellini or Dylan. Social networks, diverting as they may be, are not vehicles for self-enlightenment. And \"likes\" and retweets are not going to elevate political discourse. When we expect technologies--designed for profit--to deliver a paradise of prosperity and convenience, we have forgotten ourselves. In response, Carr offers searching assessments of the future of work, the fate of reading, and the rise of artificial intelligence, challenging us to see our world anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn famous essays including \"Is Google Making Us Stupid?\" and \"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Privacy,\" Carr dissects the logic behind Silicon Valley's \"liberation mythology,\" showing how technology has both enriched and imprisoned us--often at the same time. Drawing on artists ranging from Walt Whitman to the Clash, while weaving in the latest findings from science and sociology, \u003cem\u003eUtopia Is Creepy\u003c\/em\u003e compels us to question the technological momentum that has trapped us in its flow. \"Resistance is never futile,\" argues Carr, and this book delivers the proof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393254549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2016 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Carr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45234718539957,"sku":"9780393254549","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_75cbf811-6c7b-4fe9-879c-820a07877af1.jpg?v=1743518489","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/utopia-is-creepy-and-other-provocations-9780393254549","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}