Technology is not the problemf quotes

We already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us The real question is why knowing all this do we keep going back for Great book Matt Ridley author of How Innovation Works Essential reading Pete Etchells author of Unlocked An urgent must read Tiffany Jenkins author and broadcaster presenter of BBC Radio 4 s A History of Secrecy Technology has delivered a world that we expect to revolve around us our needs and preferences and our unique personalities We willingly hand over intimate information about ourselves in return for a world that s easier to navigate We live in the Personalised Century where we view ourselves in terms of what rather than who we are the objects of others recognition rather than the subjects and authors of our own lives Is this a sign of our shrinking sense of self Interrogating the historical currents that have brought us here Harkness envisages a messier riskier and less comfortable world than the one into which we re sliding Challenging readers to look at what s missing from their personalised menus Technology is not the Problem encourages us to look afresh at the not just the technology we use every day how we relate to the world and those around us Technology is Not the Problem The ultimate history of our relationship with technology and how it has shaped our world today from smartphones to AIThe book told us how technology in the past was and how people lived in the recent past so it is good to read this book in order to learn the history of technology. Tech causes more problems than it solves It also told us about the history of each concept and idea it s good for learning history 384 I ve learned about TINTP from one of the podcasts probably Quillette I ve also seen some initial opinions that looked very enthusiastic and the book was part of my audiobook subscription so I didn t hesitate for long My biggest problem with TINTP is that I have completely zero idea what this book is about The title and subtitle suggest a very wide analysis of the impact technology has on our lives once you start reading it the main topic appears to be personalization of all sorts but at some point the author keeps notoriously leaning into the ever increasing role of identity in modern society and how does it correspond with the progress of tech Such a train of thought doesn t look very scary but the reality is much worse TINTP is extremely watered down as the author keeps digressing and meanders around the topic never coming to definite conclusions or even truly thought provoking hypotheses I tried to make any notes yeah I turned that into a habit but I failed here I couldn t propose a single thought worth writing down for future reference. Technology is not the problem quotes So in the end I don t know what charmed the early reviewers so much For me it was a book about nothing I haven t been so bored by a nonfiction book for a long time 384 This was not the book I was expecting to read I was expecting to read about how technology isn t the problem but this book is about how WE ARE the problem The problem in view is the atomised and personal society that we live in There were some really interesting and good observations once I d got over the gap between my expectation and what I was reading Some great quotes and well written chapters albeit in a journalistic style 384 It was fine a bit scattershot and simple 384