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 High Tech, High Touch, Technology and Our Search for Meaning
by John Naisbitt, Nana Naisbitt, Douglas Philips
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In this important and timely book encompassing the key trends of our time, John Naisbitt, the world's foremost social forecaster and best selling author, takes us on a compelling and kaleidoscopic tour of our contemporary "technology immersion" and our accelerated search for meaning.
“High Tech, High Touch” shows how we need to understand technology through a human lens -to comprehend life science technologies through theology, consumer technology to high touch time, science of the body through art. Exploring everything from the effective consumer and genetic technologies (the most influential of all technologies to come) to the problems that parents face contending with violent electronic games, the author's insights span science, religion, commerce, communications, art, leisure, and many other areas of our daily lives.
"We are living in a technologically intoxicated zone" and are displaying for all to see the six symptoms of living in such a society:
* We fear and worship technology.
* We favour the quick fix, from religion to nutrition.
* We blur the distinction between real and fake.
* We accept violence as normal.
* We love technology as a toy.
* We live our lives distanced and distracted.
This is a stimulating and highly controversial book. It is not anti-technology, but it does advocate a more reflective understanding of the effect technology has on our culture and on us as human beings. The book is a primer for change, it creates a conscience awareness of technology's impact, so that we can help ourselves, our family, community and business. | |
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