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Only one generation in history (ours) will experience life both with and without the Internet. For everyone who follows us, online life will simply be the air they breathe. Today, we revel in ubiquitous information and constant connection, rarely stopping to consider the implications for our logged-on lives.
Michael Harris chronicles this massive shift, exploring what we've gained-and lost-in the bargain. In this eloquent and thought-provoking book,...
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Doubleday Canada
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Our endless consumption is untenable. (And it makes us miserable, too.) Can we reimagine "the good life"? All We Want reveals the origin of consumer culture--from the early ad men who learned to foment desire, to the politicians that promised endless material growth. Then, Michael Harris reveals alternatives to the consumer story: the enduring worlds of Craft, the Sublime, and Care. He has written a personal book that's part meditation and part manifesto....
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