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Bibliographic Information
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The stars in our pockets : getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age
- Author
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Axelrod, Howard, 1973-
- Publisher:
- Beacon Press,
- Pub date:
- [2020]
- Pages:
- 169 pages ;
- ISBN:
- 9780807036754
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Adult nonfiction shelves.
1 copy total in all locations.
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303.4833 AXE
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Adult non-fic hardcover
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Adult nonfiction shelves
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The stars in our pockets : getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age
Axelrod, Howard, 1973-
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Personal Author:
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Axelrod, Howard, 1973-
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Title:
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The stars in our pockets : getting lost and sometimes found in the digital age / Howard Axelrod.
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Physical description:
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169 pages ; 22 cm
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Contents:
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Inner climate change -- A map to our maps -- Clocksetters -- Frames -- May I have your attention please -- Identity theft -- Conversational boxes -- Let's make a deal.
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Summary:
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"Axelrod spins his personal philosophy out into the wider world, where technology is changing the nature of human consciousness faster than we can see it happening. He draws a parallel between the environmental crisis and a lesser-known, but equally pressing issue: as we lose the world around us, he argues, we are losing our interior worlds, too. We can't navigate without a GPS, we can't pay attention unless our attention is DEMANDED in all caps and moving pictures. We tap our phones 2,617 times a day, inadvertently deciding to rely on these devices instead of our minds to provide our lives with content and meaning. In the tradition of Leslie Jamison's Empathy Exams, Axelrod marshals cultural and theoretical ideologies to ask questions both personal and universal"-- Provided by publisher.
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Personal subject:
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Axelrod, Howard, 1973-
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Subject term:
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Technological innovations--Social aspects.
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Subject term:
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Information technology--Social aspects.
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Subject term:
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Civilization, Modern--21st century.