Media scholar ( and Internet Enthusiast ) David Shenk examines the troubling effects of information proliferation on our bodies, our brains, our relationships, and our culture, then offers strikingly down-to-earth insights for coping with the deluge.
With a skillful mixture of personal essay, firsthand reportage, and sharp analysis, Shenk illustrates the central paradox of our time: as our world gets more complex, our responses to it become increasingly simplistic. He draws convincing links between data smog and stress distraction, indecision, cultural fragmentation, social vulgarity, and more.
But there's hope for a saner, more meaningful future, as Shenk offers a wealth of novel prescriptions—both personal and societal—for dispelling data smog.
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"Over the past 150 years, humanity solved the problem of information scarcity. In solving it, we created the problem of information glut, incoherence and meaninglessness. David Shenk's brilliant book names the problem, describes it, explains it and -- God bless him -- offers us help in coping with it."
"This could be the Silent Spring for the Digital Age. Data Smog shows the very real threats that we now face. We ignore them at our peril."
"Data Smog is quite wonderful...a smart warning by a savvy aficionado of cyber-culture to be wary of too much of a good thing."
"This book breaks new ground. Here you will find a public ethic for an era of too-much information, delivered in a succinct and heroically civil style that puts to shame an entire shelf of books on the coming media environment. Shenk is a citizen writing for other beleaguered citizens...Data Smog is really a book about democracy and what it will take to keep that troubled idea alive and breathing in years ahead."
"This book is an oxygen mask. Take it along when you need to breathe. This careful, informed and passionate argument should take the stuffing right out of the cheerleaders of the (indiscriminate) Information Age."
- ANDREI CODRESCU, commentator, National Public Radio"Data Smog offers a rare combination of extensive research, clear thinking, lucid writing and valuable advice. It's a must for anybody feeling overwhelmed but underserved by today's information sources."
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