In emergency, break glass : what Nietzsche can teach us about joyful living in a tech-saturated world /

In emergency, break glass : what Nietzsche can teach us about joyful living in a tech-saturated world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Anderson, Nate, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022] ©2022
Description:	193 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, -- 1844-1900. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, -- 1844-1900. Life. Happiness. Joy. Technology. Happiness Technology Happiness. Joy. Life. Technology. Self-help publications. Informational works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12742333

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ISBN:	9781324004790 1324004797 9781324004806
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-180) and index.
Summary:	"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"--
Other form:	ebook version : 9781324004806

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