Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut Revised and Updated Edition - Softcover
Pub Date: 1998-05-19 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Media scholar (and Internet Enthusiast) David Shenk examines the troubling effects of information proliferation on our bodies. our brains. our relationships. and our culture. then offers strikingly down-to-earth insights for coping with the deluge With a skillful mixture of personal essay. firsthand reportage. and sharp analysis. Shenk illustrates the central paradox of our time:. as our world gets more complex. our responses to it become increasingly simplistic . He draws convincing links between data smog and stress distraction. indecision. cultural fragmentation. social vulgarity. and more.But theres hope for a saner. more meaningful future. as Shenk offers a wealth of novel prescriptions-both personal and societal-for dispelling data smog..
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Quite wonderful...a smart warning by a savvy afficionado of cyber-culture to be wary of too much of a good thing. (Orville Schell)
David Shenk's brilliant book names the problem, describes it, and - God bless him - offers us help in coping with it (Neil Postman)
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David Shenk's brilliant book names the problem, describes it, and - God bless him - offers us help in coping with it (Neil Postman)
* Subtitled SURVIVING THE INFORMATION GLUT this book shows that information is neither knowledge nor wisdom and that too much data can dull the mind.
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- PublisherHarperOne
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0062515519
- ISBN 13 9780062515513
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages258
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