It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to
search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider
the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new
world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as
a condition with its own meaning and power? The impulse to escape
notice is not about complacent isolation or senseless conformity,
but about maintaining identity, autonomy, and voice. In our
networked and image-saturated lives, the notion of disappearing has
never been more alluring. Today, we are relentlessly encouraged,
even conditioned, to reveal, share, and promote ourselves. The
pressure to be public comes not just from our peers, but from vast
and pervasive technology companies that want to profit from
patterns in our behavior. A lifelong student and observer of the
natural world, Busch sets out to explore her own uneasiness with
this arrangement, and what she senses is a widespread desire for a
less scrutinized way of life--for invisibility. Writing in rich
painterly detail about her own life, her family, and some of the
world's most exotic and remote places, she savors the pleasures of
being unseen. Discovering and dramatizing a wonderful range of ways
of disappearing, from virtual reality goggles that trick the wearer
into believing her body has disappeared to the way Virginia Woolf's
Mrs. Dalloway finds a sense of affiliation with the world around
her as she ages, Busch deliberates on subjects new and old with
equal sensitivity and incisiveness. How to Disappear is a unique
and exhilarating accomplishment, overturning the dangerous modern
assumption that somehow fame and visibility equate to success and
happiness. Busch presents a field guide to invisibility,
reacquainting us with the merits of remaining inconspicuous, and
finding genuine alternatives to a life of perpetual exposure.
Accessing timeless truths in order to speak to our most urgent
contemporary problems, she inspires us to develop a deeper
appreciation for personal privacy in a vast and intrusive world.
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