Christine Rosen draws on decades of research to build her philosophical defence of what makes us human, and makes an urgent call to reclaim our humanity in a digital world.
Human experiences are disappearing. Social media, gaming and dating apps have usurped in-person interaction. With headphones in and eyes trained on our phones, even boredom has been obliterated. But when we embrace this mediated life and conform to the demands of the machine, we risk becoming disconnected and machine-like ourselves.
There is another way – we must become more critical, mindful users of technology, and more discerning of how it uses us. We must return to the real world, while we still can. Rosen, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, will show us how.
