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Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The
Silicon Valley dream of universal connection - the dream of
connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything else,
everywhere and all the time - is rapidly becoming a reality. In
this wide-ranging and sharply argued book, Rogers Brubaker develops
an original interpretive account of the pervasive and unsettling
changes brought about by hyperconnectivity. He traces
transformations of the self, social relations, culture, economics,
and politics, giving special attention to underexplored themes of
abundance, miniaturization, convenience, quantification, and
discipline. He shows how hyperconnectivity prepared us for the
pandemic and how the pandemic, in turn, has prepared us for an even
more fully digitally mediated future. Throughout, Brubaker
underscores the ambivalence of digital hyperconnectivity, which
opens up many new and exciting possibilities, yet at the same time
threatens human freedom and flourishing. Hyperconnectivity and Its
Discontents will be essential reading for everyone interested in
the constellation of socio-technical forces that are profoundly
remaking our world.
Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The
Silicon Valley dream of universal connection - the dream of
connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything else,
everywhere and all the time - is rapidly becoming a reality. In
this wide-ranging and sharply argued book, Rogers Brubaker develops
an original interpretive account of the pervasive and unsettling
changes brought about by hyperconnectivity. He traces
transformations of the self, social relations, culture, economics,
and politics, giving special attention to underexplored themes of
abundance, miniaturization, convenience, quantification, and
discipline. He shows how hyperconnectivity prepared us for the
pandemic and how the pandemic, in turn, has prepared us for an even
more fully digitally mediated future. Throughout, Brubaker
underscores the ambivalence of digital hyperconnectivity, which
opens up many new and exciting possibilities, yet at the same time
threatens human freedom and flourishing. Hyperconnectivity and Its
Discontents will be essential reading for everyone interested in
the constellation of socio-technical forces that are profoundly
remaking our world.
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