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Hamlet's BlackBerry : A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061687162
ISBN-139780061687167
eBay Product ID (ePID)78834215
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameHamlet's Blackberry : a Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSocial Aspects, Social Aspects / General, General
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
AuthorWilliam Powers
Subject AreaComputers, Philosophy, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Psychology
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-015705
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsIn this delightfully accessible book, Powers asks the questions we all need to ask in this digitally driven time. And teaches us to answer them for ourselves., Always connected. Anytime. Anyplace. We know it's a blessing, but we're starting to notice that it's also a curse. In Hamlet's Blackberry, William Powers helps us understand what being 'connected' disconnects us from, and offers wise advice about what we can do about it…. A thoughtful, elegant, and moving book., [Hamlet s BlackBerry is] more cheerful and ultimately more persuasive than [Nicholas Carr s] The Shallows. . . . [Powers] makes a stronger case that it s still up to us to decide how best to live in, and sometimes apart from, this medium we have created., Powers mounts a passionate but reasoned argument for 'a happy balance'. . . . [He] is a lively, personable writer who seeks applicable lessons from great thinkers of the past. . . . Lucid, engaging prose and [a] thoughtful take on the joys of disconnectivity., Benjamin Franklin would love this book. He knew the power of being connected, but also how this must be balanced by moments of reflection. William Powers offers a practical guide to Socrates path to the good life in which our outward and inward selves are at one., A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age why we have this screen addiction, its many perils, and some surprising remedies that can make your life better., Powers mounts a passionate but reasoned argument for a happy balance . . . . [He] is a lively, personable writer who seeks applicable lessons from great thinkers of the past. . . . Lucid, engaging prose and [a] thoughtful take on the joys of disconnectivity., “In this delightfully accessible book, Powers asks the questions we all need to ask in this digitally driven time. And teaches us to answer them for ourselves.�, A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age--why we have this screen addiction, its many perils, and some surprising remedies that can make your life better., [An] elegant meditation on our obsessive connectivity and its effect on our brains and our very way of life., Always connected. Anytime. Anyplace. We know it s a blessing, but we re starting to notice that it s also a curse. In Hamlet s Blackberry, William Powers helps us understand what being connected disconnects us from, and offers wise advice about what we can do about it . A thoughtful, elegant, and moving book., Benjamin Franklin would love this book. He knew the power of being connected, but also how this must be balanced by moments of reflection. William Powers offers a practical guide to Socrates' path to the good life in which our outward and inward selves are at one.
Dewey Decimal303.48/33
Synopsis"A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age." --Bob Woodward "Incisive ... Refreshing ... Compelling." --Publishers Weekly A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: Where's the rest of my life? Hamlet's BlackBerry challenges the widely held assumption that the more we connect through technology, the better. It's time to strike a new balance, William Powers argues, and discover why it's also important to disconnect. Part memoir, part intellectual journey, the book draws on the technological past and great thinkers such as Shakespeare and Thoreau. "Connectedness" has been considered from an organizational and economic standpoint--from Here Comes Everybody to Wikinomics--but Powers examines it on a deep interpersonal, psychological, and emotional level. Readers of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point and Outliers will relish Hamlet's BlackBerry., "A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age." --Bob Woodward "Incisive ... Refreshing ... Compelling." -- Publishers Weekly A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: Where's the rest of my life? Hamlet's BlackBerry challenges the widely held assumption that the more we connect through technology, the better. It's time to strike a new balance, William Powers argues, and discover why it's also important to disconnect. Part memoir, part intellectual journey, the book draws on the technological past and great thinkers such as Shakespeare and Thoreau. "Connectedness" has been considered from an organizational and economic standpoint--from Here Comes Everybody to Wikinomics --but Powers examines it on a deep interpersonal, psychological, and emotional level. Readers of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point and Outliers will relish Hamlet's BlackBerry ., "A brilliant and thoughtful handbook for the Internet age." -Bob Woodward "Incisive ... Refreshing ... Compelling." -Publishers Weekly A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: Where's the rest of my life? Hamlet's BlackBerry challenges the widely held assumption that the more we connect through technology, the better. It's time to strike a new balance, William Powers argues, and discover why it's also important to disconnect. Part memoir, part intellectual journey, the book draws on the technological past and great thinkers such as Shakespeare and Thoreau. "Connectedness" has been considered from an organizational and economic standpoint-from Here Comes Everybody to Wikinomics-but Powers examines it on a deep interpersonal, psychological, and emotional level. Readers of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point and Outliers will relish Hamlet's BlackBerry.
LC Classification NumberHM851.P688 2010
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