Connection

How Technology Can Make Us Better Humans

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Beschreibung

<p><b>"Thrilling and fun. From Aristotle and Dante to Bono and adrienne maree brown, Dan Turello takes us to a wonderland where technology meets ideas."</b><br><b>--</b><b>Azar Nafisi, <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books</i></b></p>Technology gets a bad rap. It is accused of being a dehumanizing force, a chief culprit in everything from mass commercialization to environmental crisis through the potential collapse of civilization. In <i>Connection</i>, Dan Turello reflects on the origins and limitations of such views. He offers a philosophical and literary meditation on what technology is and can be, arguing that it provides surprising ways to strengthen and deepen what makes us human. Putting medieval Italian poets and Renaissance artists in conversation with contemporary philosophers and pop culture, this book traces the roots of our fascination with--and aversion to--technology. Turello shows how the moments that shaped Western views of technology offer perspective on our current predicaments, as figures such as St. Francis of Assisi and Dante grappled with problems that are strikingly reminiscent of the ones we face today. Challenging nostalgia for preindustrial innocence, he demonstrates that historically technology has enabled us to develop art, philosophy, religion, and culture. Today, technology can safeguard human creativity--if we choose self-awareness and community over consumption and exploitation. Wide-ranging and inviting, <i>Connection</i> makes a timely case for embodied experience in the age of AI.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780231220163

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

215 x 142 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Columbia University Press