EAN: 9781784780456

RADICAL TECHNOLOGIES - ADAM GREENFIELD KARTONIE...

A field manual to the technologies that are transforming our lives Everywhere we turn  a
startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and
revelatory excavation of our Information Age  leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces
us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects  services and spaces that define
us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future. We already
depend on the smartphone to navigate every aspect of our existence. We're told that
innovations-from augmented-reality interfaces and virtual assistants to autonomous delivery
drones and self-driving cars-will make life easier  more convenient and more productive. 3D
printing promises unprecedented control over the form and distribution of matter  while the
blockchain stands to revolutionize everything from the recording and exchange of value to the
way we organize the mundane realities of the day to day. And  all the while  fiendishly complex
algorithms are operating quietly in the background  reshaping the economy  transforming the
fundamental terms of our politics and even redefining what it means to be human. Having
successfully colonized everyday life  these radical technologies are now conditioning the
choices available to us in the years to come. How do they work? What challenges do they present
to us  as individuals and societies? Who benefits from their adoption? In answering these
questions  Greenfield's timely guide clarifies the scale and nature of the crisis we now
confront -and offers ways to reclaim our stake in the future.

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