Carr, Nicholas
Superbloom - How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
- ISBN 13:
- 9781324064619
- author:
- Carr, Nicholas
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- WW Norton & Co
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2025
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 23.6 x 16.2 x 2.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Technology & Engineering, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart In our pursuit of more efficient communication, we often overlook the unintended consequences. From the telegraph to the internet and social media, new technologies have brought us closer together, yet also bred confusion and strife. Nicholas Carr explores how modern communication systems can bring out the worst in us. Carr examines how messaging apps strip nuance from conversation, online debates narrow our minds, and advances in AI blur the line between fantasy and reality. He reveals how these technologies can erode empathy, trigger aggression, and distort our perceptions. With rich psychological insights and vivid examples drawn from history and science, Carr provides a panoramic view of how media shapes society. Ultimately, Carr argues that it may be too late to change the system, but it's not too late to change ourselves. This thought-provoking book challenges our most cherished beliefs about self-expression, free speech, and media democratization, forcing us to confront inconvenient truths about our own nature.
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