内容简介
2 "Atonceacelebrationoftechnologyandawarningaboutitsmisuse,TheGlassCagewillchangethewayyouthinkaboutthetoolsyouuseeveryday.InTheGlassCage,best-sellingauthorNicholasCarrdigsbehindtheheadlinesaboutfactoryrobotsandself-drivingcars,wearablecomputersanddigitizedmedicine,asheexploresthehiddencostsofgrantingsoftwaredominionoverourworkandourleisure.Evenastheybringeasetoourlives,theseprogramsarestealingsomethingessentialfromus.Drawingonpsychologicalandneurologicalstudiesthatunderscorehowtightlypeople’shappinessandsatisfactionaretiedtoperforminghardworkintherealworld,Carrrevealssomethingwealreadysuspect:shiftingourattentiontocomputerscreenscanleaveusdisengagedanddiscontented.Fromnineteenth-centurytextilemillstothecockpitsofmodernjets,fromthefrozenhuntinggroundsofInuittribestothesterilelandscapesofGPSmaps,TheGlassCageexplorestheimpactofautomationfromadeeplyhumanperspective,examiningthepersonalaswellastheeconomicconsequencesofourgrowingdependenceoncomputers.Withacharacteristicblendofhistoryandphilosophy,poetryandscience,CarrtakesusonajourneyfromtheworkandearlytheoryofAdamSmithandAlfredNorthWhiteheadtothelatestresearchintohumanattention,memory,andhappiness,culminatinginamovingmeditationonhowwecanusetechnologytoexpandthehumanexperience."
作者简介
NicholasCarristheauthorofTheShallows,aPulitzerPrizefinalist,aswellasTheBigSwitchandDoesITMatter?HisarticlesandessayshaveappearedinTheAtlantic,theNewYorkTimes,theWallStreetJournal,Wired,andtheNewRepublic,andhewritesthewidelyreadblogRoughType.Hehasbeenwriter-in-residenceattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,andanexecutiveeditoroftheHarvardBusinessReview.