{"id":378,"date":"2016-02-01T09:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2022-07-13T10:55:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:55:47","slug":"utopia-is-creepy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/?page_id=378","title":{"rendered":"Utopia Is Creepy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“[A] bright, fun, telling<\/strong> book . . . nuanced and satisfying<\/strong> . . . A collection that reminds us that critical thinking is the best way to view the mixed blessings of rampant technology.” \u2013Kirkus Reviews<\/i><\/p>\n

“Startlingly prescient.<\/strong>” \u2013New York Times Book Review<\/em><\/p>\n

“As the title promises, these are rapid-fire volleys of ideas<\/strong> deceptively designed to engage at a depth greater than 140 characters. By turns wry and revelatory<\/strong>, and occasionally maddening, Carr succeeds in shaking the reader out of screen-zombie complacency.” \u2013Discover<\/i><\/p>\n

“Utopia Is Creepy<\/em> . . . is full of wry vignettes and articles lampooning the motivated enthusiasm and game-changing promises of Silicon Valley\u2019s tech bro elite. . . .\u00a0This is an uncompromising portrait<\/strong> of the internet . . . Paradise lost indeed.” \u2013New Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

“The prescient Nicholas Carr punches a hole in Silicon Valley cultural hubris<\/strong> with\u00a0Utopia Is Creepy<\/i>.” \u2013Time<\/i><\/p>\n

“This highly browsable<\/strong> collection will hold great appeal<\/strong> for anyone interested in the social aspects of technology, from tech lovers to pre-Internet nostalgists.”\u00a0\u2013Library Journal<\/i><\/p>\n

“Utopia is Creepy<\/em>\u00a0has so many great zingers<\/strong> in it that it\u2019s a shame one can\u2019t simply pull a thousand words\u2019 worth of quotes from the book and count that as its review. . . . [But]\u00a0the book is more than just eminently quotable<\/strong>. It\u2019s also significant for the questions it raises about our relationship with technology.” \u2013The Humanist<\/em><\/p>\n

“Utopia is Creepy<\/em>\u00a0is somewhat of a greatest-hits album<\/strong>. . . .\u00a0Carr serves us all by stepping back and taking stock<\/strong> of what computers are \u2013 and aren\u2019t. They\u2019re tools for doing tasks, he writes, but they are not, and cannot ever be, infallible forces for bettering our world.” \u2013Christian Science Monitor<\/em><\/p>\n

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With a razor wit, Nicholas Carr cuts through Silicon Valley\u2019s unsettlingly cheery vision of the technological future to ask a hard question: Have we been seduced by a lie? Gathering a decade\u2019s worth of posts from his blog Rough Type, as well as seminal essays and reviews, Utopia Is Creepy<\/em> offers an alternative history of the digital age, chronicling its roller-coaster crazes and crashes, its blind triumphs, and its unintended consequences.<\/p>\n

Carr\u2019s prime\u00a0targets 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. When we expect technologies\u2014designed for profit\u2014to deliver a paradise of prosperity and convenience, we have forgotten ourselves. In response, Carr offers searching assessments of the future of work, the fate of reading, and the rise of artificial intelligence, challenging us to see our world anew.<\/p>\n

In famous essays including \u201cIs Google Making Us Stupid?,\u201d \u201cLife, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Privacy,\u201d and “The Snapchat Candidate,” Carr dissects the logic behind Silicon Valley\u2019s \u201cliberation mythology,\u201d showing how technology has both enriched and imprisoned us\u2014often at the same time. Drawing on the work of artists ranging from Walt Whitman to The Clash, while weaving in the latest findings from science and sociology, Utopia Is Creepy<\/em> compels us to question the technological momentum that has trapped us in its flow. \u201cResistance is never futile,\u201d argues Carr, and this book delivers the proof.<\/p>\n

Utopia Is Creepy . . . and Other Provocations<\/em>\u00a0is out now\u00a0from W. W. Norton & Company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Order: Bookstore.org |\u00a0Amazon\u00a0| B&N\u00a0| BAM\u00a0| Powell’s “[A] bright, fun, telling book . . . nuanced and satisfying . . . A collection that reminds us that critical thinking is the best way to view the mixed blessings of rampant technology.” \u2013Kirkus Reviews “Startlingly prescient.” \u2013New York Times Book Review “As the title promises, these are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4iw66-66","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}