The End of Absence : Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection (Hardcover)

from Occasionally

A probing analysis. It serves as an introduction to a significant cultural phenomenon that could be overlooked because we're so in the forest. I'll be reading related books soon.

from bakersfieldbarbara

This was NOT easy reading but it was worth wading through as it explains what I was thinking about technology taking over our communication. Technology in the area of comunications has opened up so quickly for so many people of ALL ages. Young children can be seen carrying their tablet or iPhone,...

from Devil_llama

The author takes a look at Internet culture, and asks what we have lost in return for constant connectivity. He researches his topic well, and is able to back up many of his claims with research. He writes very well, but I will admit that it is disconcerting at times to hear someone born in 1980 ...

from rufusraider

The End of Absence by Michael Harris is a discussion of how the internet and cell phones have led to a constant connection between people. The book explores how this impacting current society and the interactions between people. The book makes it clear that is has had some negative impacts along ...

from nkmunn

I've talked about, recommended and pulled parts of this book away to think more about since finishing it only a couple days ago - why? Perhaps because it was for me a winning combination of a seemingly sincere journalistic rather than highbrow examination of ideas with a candid, even droll memoir...