Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age: Quarterly Essay 72

Discover 'Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age' in this compelling Quarterly Essay 72 by renowned critic Sebastian Smee. This thought-provoking trade paperback delves into the significant impact of the internet and digital distractions on our inner lives. As technology continuously evolves, we often overlook the profound consequences it has on our ability to reflect, connect deeply with ourselves, and appreciate solitude. Smee articulates the struggle many face in maintaining their 'inner life' amid the relentless noise of social media and marketing that inundates our daily existence. In just 112 pages, he invites readers to consider what we risk losing—our sense of identity and deeper self-understanding—if we let digital distractions dictate our existence. Engaging and accessible, this insightful essay encourages readers to reclaim the deeper aspects of life that are often drowned out by constant connectivity. If you're searching for a profound read that examines the clash between technology and introspection, 'Net Loss' is a must-have addition to your collection. Enjoy free shipping on this transformative essay that offers a fresh perspective on navigating the digital age. Experience the value of reflection; add 'Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age' to your reading list today with Smartfox NZ.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781760640712
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2018
Publisher: Black Inc
Pages: 112


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We live in an age of constant distraction. Is there a price to pay for this?

In this superb essay, renowned critic Sebastian Smee explores the fate of the inner life in the age of the internet. Throughout history, artists and thinkers have cultivated the deep self, and seen value in solitude and reflection. But today, with social media, wall-to-wall marketing and the agitation of modern life, everything feels illuminated, made transparent. We feel bereft without our phones and their cameras and the feeling of instant connectivity. It gets hard to pick up a book, harder still to stay with it.

Without nostalgia or pessimism, Sebastian Smee evokes what is valuable and worth cultivating- he guides us from the apparent fullness of the app-filled world towards a more complex sense of self, and the inner life. If we lose this, Smee asks, what do we lose of ourselves?

"Every day I spend hours and hours on my phone . . . We are all doing it, aren't we? It has come to feel completely normal. Even when I put my device aside and attach it to a charger, it pulses away in my mind, like the throat of a toad, full of blind, amphibian appetite." Sebastian Smee, Net Loss

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