Rosen, Christine - The Extinction of Experience

Human experiences are disappearing. Community is now found online; schools prioritise typing; and with headphones in and eyes glued to our phones, we’ve even obliterated boredom. Convenient and entertaining, certainly, but with each technological embrace we risk becoming more machine-like ourselves. There is a healthier, wiser and more humane way. In this insightful reckoning of modern life and its acutely modern malady, Christine Rosen reveals the true cost of our digital age – and shows us how to return to the real world, while we still can.