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The Glass Cage

automation and us

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An edition of The Glass Cage (2014)

The Glass Cage

automation and us

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
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  • 2 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented.

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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co., W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Pages
276

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Subjects

Social aspects, Technology, Automation, Technology, social aspects, Automation, social aspects, New York Times reviewed
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Cover of: The glass cage
The glass cage: where automation is taking us
2015
in English
Cover of: The Glass Cage
The Glass Cage: automation and us
2014, W.W. Norton & Co., W.W. Norton & Company
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction : Alert for operators
Passengers
The robot at the gate
On autopilot
The degeneration effect
Interlude, with dancing mice
White-collar computer
World and screen
Automation for the people
Interlude, with grave robber
Your inner drone
The love that lays the swale in rows

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
T14.5 .C374 2014, T14.5.C374 2014

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
viii, 276 p.
Number of pages
276
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25669055M
ISBN 10
0393240762
ISBN 13
9780393240764
LCCN
2014012271
OCLC/WorldCat
870098283, 2014012271

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Work ID
OL17098772W

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Work Description

At once a celebration of technology and a warning about its misuse, The Glass Cage will change the way you think about the tools you use every day. In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented. This book explores the impact of automation from a deeply human perspective, examining the personal as well as the economic consequences of our growing dependence on computers. - Publisher.

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