The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was a fascinating book. Tim Wu is a big-picture guy and he writes from that perspective as he details the history of the information empires that have risen and fall in the last 120 years in America. (more…)
This is very important for us as quintessential leaders and for our teams, so be sure to read this last review on The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection by Michael Harris.
This is the last of a three-part series of reviews that I am writing on The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection written by Michael Harris in 2014.
In “Part 1 – ‘The End of Absence (Michael Harris) Book Review,” we looked at the definition of absence and how it relates to our quality of life.
We also discussed how constant connection to technology is eliminating absence from our lives, and in the process, rewiring our brains with dementia-like characteristics. It is a lifestyle dementia that we are consciously creating by choosing to live in a world of constant connection.
We also discussed how the disappearance of absence is also causing the disappearance of our ability to think, to to reason, to plan, to dream, to create, and to innovate. In short, we’re trading the depth of real life, with all its hills and…
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