Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are

Author:   Tom Chatfield
Publisher:   Pan Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781529079746


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   22 February 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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'Combining compelling storytelling with erudite, compassionate and often profound insight about the human condition, this book will transform how you navigate the world.' - Richard Fisher, author of The Long View Wise Animals explores the history of our relationship with technology, and our deep involvement with our creations from the first use of tools and the taming of fire, via the invention of reading and printing, to the development of the computer, the creation of the internet and the emergence of AI. Human children know no more of modern technology than their ancestors did of older technologies thousands of years ago, and develop in relation to the technologies of their time. We co-evolve with technology as individuals as we have as a species over thousands of years. Rather than see technology as a threat, this deeply humanist contribution to the debate proposes that we are neither masters nor victims of our technologies. They are part of who we are, and our future - and theirs - is in our hands.

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Author:   Tom Chatfield
Publisher:   Pan Macmillan
Imprint:   Picador
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.546kg
ISBN:  

9781529079746


ISBN 10:   1529079748
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   22 February 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Combining compelling storytelling with erudite, compassionate and often profound insight about the human condition, this book will transform how you navigate the world. -- Richard Fisher, author of <i>The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time</i> Tom Chatfield is one of the smartest and most original tech thinkers writing today. Both thought-provoking and startlingly original, Wise Animals is his magnum opus. -- Roman Krznaric


Combining compelling storytelling with erudite, compassionate and often profound insight about the human condition, this book will transform how you navigate the world. -- Richard Fisher, author of <i>The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time</i>


Combining compelling storytelling with erudite, compassionate and often profound insight about the human condition, this book will transform how you navigate the world. -- Richard Fisher, author of <i>The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time</i> Tom Chatfield is one of the smartest and most original tech thinkers writing today. Both thought-provoking and startlingly original, Wise Animals is his magnum opus. -- Roman Krznaric, author of <i>The Good Ancestor</i>


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Dr Tom Chatfield is a British writer, broadcaster and tech philosopher. His books exploring digital culture have been published in over thirty languages. He has spoken about AI, tech ethics and the future of authorship at venues ranging from the UK and European Parliaments to Google, Meta, the US National Academy of Sciences and TED Global. He lives in Kent.

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