The glass cage : automation and us /

In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already suspect:...

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Main Author: Carr, Nicholas G., 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented.
Physical Description:viii, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780393240764 (hardcover)
0393240762 (hardcover)
9780393350777 (softcover)
0393350770 (softcover)