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Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World

The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World

By Christine Rosen

A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year A reflective, original invitation to recover and cultivate the human experiences that have atrophied in our virtual world.

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 09/10/2024
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780393241716
ISBN-10: 0393241718
Language: English

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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.

About the Author

Christine Rosen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a columnist for Commentary magazine, senior editor at the New Atlantis and fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.

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