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Title: The Extinction of Experience
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
Subtitle: Being Human in a Disembodied World
ISBN-10: 1324116773
Author: Christine Rosen
EAN: 9781324116776
ISBN: 9781324116776
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Release Date: 11/11/2025
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences, Science Nature & Math
Description: We embraced the mediated life—from Facetune and Venmo to meme culture and the Metaverse—because these technologies offer novelty and convenience. But they also transform our sense of self and warp the boundaries between virtual and real. What are the costs? Who are we in a disembodied world?In The Extinction of Experience, Christine Rosen investigates the cultural and emotional shifts that accompany our embrace of technology. In warm, philosophical prose, Rosen reveals key human experiences at risk of going extinct, including face-to-face communication, sense of place, authentic emotion, and even boredom. Considering cultural trends, like TikTok challenges and mukbang, and politically unsettling phenomena, like sociometric trackers and online conspiracy culture, Rosen exposes an unprecedented shift in the human condition, one that habituates us to alienation and control. To recover our humanity and come back to the real world, we must reclaim serendipity, community, patience, and risk.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 211mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Width: 18mm
Item Weight: 214g
Release Year: 2025

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