{"product_id":"hyperconnectivity-and-its-discontents-rogers-brubaker-9781509554539","title":"Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents","description":"\u003cp\u003eDigital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal connection - the dream of connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything else, everywhere and all the time - is rapidly becoming a reality. In this wide-ranging and sharply argued book, Rogers Brubaker develops an original interpretive account of the pervasive and unsettling changes brought about by hyperconnectivity. He traces transformations of the self, social relations, culture, economics, and politics, giving special attention to underexplored themes of abundance, miniaturization, convenience, quantification, and discipline. He shows how hyperconnectivity prepared us for the pandemic and how the pandemic, in turn, has prepared us for an even more fully digitally mediated future. Throughout, Brubaker underscores the ambivalence of digital hyperconnectivity, which opens up many new and exciting possibilities, yet at the same time threatens human freedom and flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHyperconnectivity and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for everyone interested in the constellation of socio-technical forces that are profoundly remaking our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rogers Brubaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150955453X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509554539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.10w x 0.55d","brand":"Rogers Brubaker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132812226815,"sku":"9781509554539","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e31ed8fc-8adc-41fc-bf20-74fd95cb80f0.jpg?v=1687482454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hyperconnectivity-and-its-discontents-rogers-brubaker-9781509554539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}