{"title":"Nicholas Carr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Carr\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of contemporary life through the lenses of science, technology, and culture. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eSuperbloom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Shallows\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers to consider the profound effects of digital innovation on the human mind and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith thoughtful analysis and engaging narrative, Carr challenges us to reflect on how modern technology reshapes our thinking, attention, and relationships with the natural world. 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Media technologies all too often bring out the worst in us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA celebrated commentator on the human consequences of technology, Nicholas Carr reorients the conversation around modern communication, challenging some of our most cherished beliefs about self-expression, free speech, and media democratization. He reveals how messaging apps strip nuance from conversation, how \"digital crowding\" erodes empathy and triggers aggression, how online political debates narrow our minds and distort our perceptions, and how advances in AI are further blurring the already hazy line between fantasy and reality. Even as Carr shows how tech companies and their tools of connection have failed us, he forces us to confront inconvenient truths about our own nature. 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As a consequence, there are profound changes in the way we live and communicate, remember and socialise - even in our very conception of ourselves. By moving from the depths of thought to the shallows of distraction, the web, it seems, is actually fostering ignorance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shallows\u003c\/em\u003e is not a manifesto for luddites, nor does it seek to turn back the clock. Rather, it is a revelatory reminder of how far the Internet has become enmeshed in our daily existence and is affecting the way we think. This landmark book compels us all to look anew at our dependence on this all-pervasive technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 10th-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with a deep examination of the cognitive and behavioural effects of smartphones and social media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47617288012012,"sku":"9781838952587","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781838952587-the-shallows.jpg?v=1778496947"},{"product_id":"superbloom-by-nicholas-carr-9781324130543","title":"Superbloom","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. 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He reveals how messaging apps strip nuance from conversation, how \"digital crowding\" erodes empathy and triggers aggression, how online political debates narrow our minds and distort our perceptions, and how advances in AI are further blurring the already hazy line between fantasy and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEven as Carr shows how tech companies and their tools of connection have failed us, he forces us to confront inconvenient truths about our own nature. The human psyche, it turns out, is profoundly ill-suited to the \"superbloom\" of information that technology has unleashed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith rich psychological insights and vivid examples drawn from history and science, \u003cem\u003eSuperbloom\u003c\/em\u003e provides both a panoramic view of how media shapes society and an intimate examination of the fate of the self in a time of radical dislocation. 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