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In Emergency, Break Glass
- What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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A lively and approachable meditation on how we can transform our digital lives if we let a little Nietzsche in
Who has not found themselves scrolling endlessly on screens and wondered: Am I living or distracting myself from living? In Emergency, Break Glass adapts Friedrich Nietzsche’s passionate quest for meaning into a world overwhelmed by “content.”
Written long before the advent of smartphones, Nietzsche’s aphoristic philosophy advocated a fierce mastery of attention, a strict information diet, and a powerful connection to the natural world. Drawing on Nietzsche’s work, technology journalist Nate Anderson advocates for a life of goal-oriented, creative exertion as more meaningful than the “frictionless” leisure often promised by our devices. He rejects the simplicity of contemporary prescriptions like reducing screen time in favor of looking deeply at what truly matters to us, then finding ways to make our technological tools serve this vision. With a light touch suffused by humor, Anderson uncovers the impact of this “yes-saying” philosophy on his own life—and perhaps on yours.
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- 20-05-22
Thought provoking and well written...
I'd certainly recommend this book.
Ironically I came across an article on this book whilst scrolling idly on Facebook, and was intrigued enough by what I saw to investigate - I'm glad I did.
As someone who loves Philosophy and is intrigued by Nietzsche and his writings, whilst simultaneously finding myself full of ennui after picking up my phone, this book ticked a couple of boxes that seemed to pique my interest in a time when both issues were on my mind.
A good balance between light biography on Nietzsche with an overview of his themes and ideologies, and the relevance to today's age of internet clickbait and screen saturated days, it's an all around good listen - well narrated to boot.
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