{"product_id":"connection-dan-turello-9780231220156","title":"Connection: How Technology Can Make Us Better Humans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thrilling and fun. From Aristotle and Dante to Bono and adrienne maree brown, Dan Turello takes us to a wonderland where technology meets ideas.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAzar Nafisi, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eReading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTechnology gets a bad rap. It is accused of being a dehumanizing force, a chief culprit in everything from mass commercialization to environmental crisis through the potential collapse of civilization. In \u003ci\u003eConnection\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Turello reflects on the origins and limitations of such views. He offers a philosophical and literary meditation on what technology is and can be, arguing that it provides surprising ways to strengthen and deepen what makes us human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePutting medieval Italian poets and Renaissance artists in conversation with contemporary philosophers and pop culture, this book traces the roots of our fascination with--and aversion to--technology. Turello shows how the moments that shaped Western views of technology offer perspective on our current predicaments, as figures such as St. Francis of Assisi and Dante grappled with problems that are strikingly reminiscent of the ones we face today. Challenging nostalgia for preindustrial innocence, he demonstrates that historically technology has enabled us to develop art, philosophy, religion, and culture. Today, technology can safeguard human creativity--if we choose self-awareness and community over consumption and exploitation. Wide-ranging and inviting, \u003ci\u003eConnection\u003c\/i\u003e makes a timely case for embodied experience in the age of AI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Turello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231220154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231220156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Dan Turello","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217892552959,"sku":"9780231220156","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6261e58b-c4a0-461e-8685-b1b3dde3547a.jpg?v=1772000124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/connection-dan-turello-9780231220156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}