Michael Harris’ ‘The End of Absence': Why Books on Living With the Internet So Often Disappoint

By Elisabeth Donnelly on Aug 8, 2014 - Flavorwire

It feels like there’s a new book every month coming out to tell us that the Internet era is our Industrial Revolution — it’s changing everything! — and enumerating the many ways in which our jobs, our social lives, and the way that we interact with the world on a day-to-day basis are different — or “disrupted” — when we can carry in our pocket a device that connects us to the world. … Read More