{"product_id":"technology-is-not-the-problem","title":"Harkness Timandra: Technology is Not the Problem [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWe already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cbr\u003e          \u003cbr\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e The real question is why, knowing all this, do we keep going back for more? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Great book\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- Matt Ridley, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Innovation Works\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Essential reading\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Pete Etchells, author of \u003cem\u003eUnlocked\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eAn urgent must-read\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- Tiffany Jenkins, author and broadcaster, presenter of BBC Radio 4's \u003cem\u003eA History of Secrecy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \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\u003cbr\u003e          \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\u003cbr\u003e          \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. Challenging readers to look at what's missing from their personalised 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":"Harkness, Timandra","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48077847134547,"sku":"9780008494612","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/timandra-harkness-harkness-timandra-technology-is-not-the-problem-2024-paperback-9780008494612-55678628757843.jpg?v=1714414626","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/technology-is-not-the-problem","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}