{"product_id":"9780008494636","title":"Technology is Not the Problem: The ultimate history of our relationship with technology and how it has shaped our world today, from smartphones to AI","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eWe already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us. \u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe real question is why, knowing all this, do we keep going back for more? \u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Great book' \u003c\/strong\u003e– Matt Ridley, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Innovation Works\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Essential reading'\u003c\/strong\u003e – Pete Etchells, author of \u003cem\u003eUnlocked\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Enticing and highly addictive'\u003c\/strong\u003e – Stephen Senn, statistician and author of \u003cem\u003eDicing with Death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A pleasure to read'\u003c\/strong\u003e – Stian Westlake, Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council\u003c\/p\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\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\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\u003cp\u003eIn her book, Technology is not the Problem, Timandra Harkness explores the philosophy and psychology of our interaction with engineering and computers. She urges us to reconsider the non-fiction aspects of our lives that we often take for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Frank Furedi (Democracy Under Siege), David Spiegelhalter (Sex by Numbers), Jonathan Haidt (The Righteous Mind), Samantha Harvey (The Shapeless Unease), and Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 3).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Timandra Harkness, Read by Timandra Harkness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889024422037,"sku":"9780008494636","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008494636_def3eed2-89aa-4879-9099-0cc0f33b71b1.jpg?v=1776888414","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008494636","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}