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9780698150584
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07-08-2014
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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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