{"product_id":"utopia-is-creepy-and-other-provocations-9780393354744","title":"Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith razor wit, Nicholas Carr cuts through Silicon Valley's unsettlingly cheery vision of the technological future to ask a hard question: Have we been seduced by a lie? Gathering a decade's worth of posts from his blog, Rough Type, as well as his seminal essays, \u003cem\u003eUtopia Is Creepy\u003c\/em\u003e is \"Carr's best hits for those who missed the last decade of his stream of thoughtful commentary about our love affair with technology and its effect on our relationships\" (Richard Cytowic, \u003cem\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarr draws on artists ranging from Walt Whitman to the Clash, while weaving in the latest findings from science and sociology. Carr's favorite targets are those zealots who believe so fervently in computers and data that they abandon common sense. Cheap digital tools do not make us all the next Fellini or Dylan. Social networks, diverting as they may be, are not vehicles for self-enlightenment. And \"likes\" and retweets are not going to elevate political discourse. \u003cem\u003eUtopia Is Creepy\u003c\/em\u003e compels us to question the technological momentum that has trapped us in its flow. \"Resistance is never futile,\" argues Carr, and this book delivers the proof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarr, Nicholas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Carr\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Shallows\u003c\/em\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Cage\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUtopia is Creepy\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526990729490,"sku":"9780393354744","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aef539ed-e652-4e05-8c96-05314a43a8c0.jpg?v=1731289420","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/utopia-is-creepy-and-other-provocations-9780393354744","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}