I am a little
slow in reviewing this, it was 2 books ago. I read it for The Art Of
Being Human (my humanities class for Spring 2012).
The book basically says we are such a
connected society through our gadgets and screen time and debates if
this is good and how to balance it. Powers uses examples from his life
as well as 7 men who could be seen as ahead of their time in relation to
the gadgets of their day, Socrates, Seneca, Gutenberg, Shakespeare, Ben
Franklin, Thoreau, and Marshall McLuhan.
I found myself both agreeing and disagreeing
with parts of Powers theories. But over all I found it interesting and
fairly enjoyable.
(read April 2012)
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