Title
The End of Patience: Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution,Used
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"David Shenk looks at the new face of our world with a curiosity and connectionmaking responsiveness that make him exhilarating to read. These are bits, takes, provisional sweeps at issues still coming into focus, but taken together they give us a startling glimpse of where we are. Shenk is so close to the present that most readers will mistake it for the future." SVEN BIRKERTS, author, THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES"If the world of constant, instantaenous communication makes you a little nervous from time to time, David Shenk can explain why. This book is a very useful antidote to the endless praise lavished on the new electronic mediums. Read it slowly!" BILL McKIBBEN, author, THE AGE OF MISSING INFORMATIONIn this provocative collection of essays, David Shenk expands his enlightened skepticism to include thoughts on the dangers of online journalism, the ethical implications of digital photography, and the misguided hopes for computers in the classroom. Shockjocks, computerized toys, Microsoftbashing, and genetic testing are all subject to his incisive and discerning criticism.Is Shenk just another neoLuddite determined to bash all things digital? Hardly. This selfdescribed technology enthusiastand avid fan of the Internetis simply interested in cleareyed analysis of how machines we use actually affect our lives. As one of the founders of the Technorealism movement, he insists that new technologies must be appraised for their ability to achieve traditional human ends, rather than embraced merely for novelty's sake. The End of Patience includes vignettes from Shenk's conversations with some of the most provocative technology thinkers of our time, including Mitch Kapor, Steven Johnson, Esther Dyson, Douglas Rushkoff and Steve Silberman.
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