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The End of Absence
ISBN
9780698150584
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
07-08-2014
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Penguin Publishing Group
Auteur(s)
Michael John Harris

The End of Absence

Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection

Michael John Harris
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  • Soon
  • enough,
  • nobody
  • will
  • remember
  • life
  • before
  • the
  • Internet.
  • What
  • does
  • this
  • unavoidable
  • fact
  • mean?
  • Those
  • of
  • us
  • who
  • have
  • lived
  • both
  • with
  • and
  • without
  • the
  • crowded
  • connectivity
  • of
  • online
  • life
  • have
  • a
  • rare
  • opportunity.
  • We
  • can
  • still
  • recognize
  • the
  • difference
  • between
  • Before
  • and
  • After.
  • We
  • catch
  • ourselves
  • idly
  • reaching
  • for
  • our
  • phones
  • at
  • the
  • bus
  • stop.
  • Or
  • we
  • notice
  • how,
  • midconversation,
  • a
  • fumbling
  • friend
  • dives
  • into
  • the
  • perfect
  • recall
  • of
  • Google.
  • In
  • this
  • eloquent
  • and
  • thought-provoking
  • book,
  • Michael
  • Harris
  • argues
  • that
  • amid
  • all
  • the
  • changes
  • we're
  • experiencing,
  • the
  • most
  • interesting
  • is
  • the
  • end
  • of
  • absence-the
  • loss
  • of
  • lack.
  • The
  • daydreaming
  • silences
  • in
  • our
  • lives
  • are
  • filled;
  • the
  • burning
  • solitudes
  • are
  • extinguished.
  • There's
  • no
  • true
  • "free
  • time"
  • when
  • you
  • carry
  • a
  • smartphone.
  • Today's
  • rarest
  • commodity
  • is
  • the
  • chance
  • to
  • be
  • alone
  • with
  • your
  • thoughts.
  • Michael
  • Harris
  • is
  • an
  • award-winning
  • journalist
  • and
  • a
  • contributing
  • editor
  • at
  • Western
  • Living
  • and
  • Vancouvermagazines.
  • He
  • lives
  • in
  • Toronto, Canada.
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