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The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World
The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World | Laurence Scott
You are a four-dimensional human. Each of us exists in three-dimensional, physical space. But, as a constellation of everyday digital phenomena rewires our lives, we are increasingly coaxed from the containment of our predigital selves into a wonderful and eerie fourth dimension, a world of ceaseless communication, instant information, and global connection. Our portals to this new world have been wedged open, and the silhouette of a figure is slowly taking shape. But what does it feel like to be four-dimensional? How do digital technologies influence the rhythms of our thoughts, the style and tilt of our consciousness? What new sensitivities and sensibilities are emerging with our exposure to the delights, sorrows, and anxieties of a networked world? And how do we live in public with these recoded private lives? Laurence Scotthailed as a New Generation Thinker by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBCshows how this four-dimensional life is dramatically changing us by redefining our social lives and extending the limits of our presence in the world. Blending tech-philosophy with insights on everything from Seinfeld to the fall of Gaddafi, Scott stands with a rising generation of social critics hoping to understand our new reality. His virtuosic debut is a revelatory and original exploration of life in the digital age.
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Sharpeipup
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Thanks @ramsfan1963 for the tag!
1. Yes and this years goal was a little lofty
2. 384/400
3. Game night, brunch, Christmas dinner and lots of reading hopefully!
#wondrouswednesday @eggs

Tagging @karisa for her answers

Eggs You did so well on your goal🌟🌟 1y
Karisa 😱 Wow! That‘s quite the reading goal! Way to go! 1y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! I want-I want-I want-I want-I want-I want 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!!!! When you get a Thoreau-like discussion on Hamlet, Seinfeld, Qadaffi, Twitter art, Oedipus, Steve Jobs, et al., in one interesting read....well, sign me up THREE times! Yes, I'm taller than the line to enjoy this ride! Here's my photo ID to show I'm old enough. Let's get this treatise started already 😆🤓!!! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

MrBook @LectricSheep 😎👌🏻🙌🏻 7y
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aliarch
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Pickpick

As someone who lives on social media this book was fantastic. It delves into the world you know so well but is able to pull out pieces you never thought about.
A must read for anyone who works in communications.

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chowmeyow
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I think I'm going to have to DNF this one. Love the concept in theory but I'm just not getting into it, and all my other lovely books that need to be read too are staring at me, asking me why I'm making myself miserable with this one.

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kerry
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This just isn't clicking for me... Is it possible for a book to be too cerebral? Or perhaps just too philosophically pretentious? To be fair I only made it forty pages in, but onwards! to the other books calling my name.

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kerry
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If you had to pick just one...

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