{"product_id":"timandra-harkness-technology-not-problem-9780008503604","title":"Technology is Not the Problem by Timandra Harkness","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWe already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe real question is why, knowing all this, do we keep going back for more?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eTechnology is Not the Problem\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Great book\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Matt Ridley, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Innovation Works\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Essential reading\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Pete Etchells, author of \u003cem\u003eUnlocked\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An urgent must-read\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tiffany Jenkins, author and broadcaster, presenter of BBC Radio 4's A History of Secrecy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Enticing and highly addictive\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephen Senn, statistician and author of \u003cem\u003eDicing with Death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A pleasure to read\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Stian Westlake, Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eTechnology is Not the Problem\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnology has delivered a world that we expect to revolve around us, our needs and preferences, and our unique personalities. We willingly hand over intimate information about ourselves in return for a world that's easier to navigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe live in the Personalised Century, where we view ourselves in terms of what rather than who we are—the objects of others' recognition, rather than the subjects and authors of our own lives. Is this a sign of our shrinking sense of self?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterrogating the historical currents that have brought us here, Harkness envisages a messier, riskier and less comfortable world than the one into which we're sliding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging readers to look at what's missing from their personalized menus, \u003cem\u003eTechnology is Not the Problem\u003c\/em\u003e encourages us to look afresh at the familiar: not just the technology we use every day, how we relate to the world and those around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50708006961467,"sku":"0008503605","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780008503604.jpg?v=1780510124","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/timandra-harkness-technology-not-problem-9780008503604","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}