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In Emergency, Break Glass: What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World Hardcover – May 10, 2022
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A lively and approachable meditation on how we can transform our digital lives if we let a little Nietzsche in.
Who has not found themselves scrolling endlessly on screens and wondered: Am I living or distracting myself from living?In Emergency, Break Glass adapts Friedrich Nietzsche’s passionate quest for meaning into a world overwhelmed by “content.”
Written long before the advent of smartphones, Nietzsche’s aphoristic philosophy advocated a fierce mastery of attention, a strict information diet, and a powerful connection to the natural world. Drawing on Nietzsche’s work, technology journalist Nate Anderson advocates for a life of goal-oriented, creative exertion as more meaningful than the “frictionless” leisure often promised by our devices. He rejects the simplicity of contemporary prescriptions like reducing screen time in favor of looking deeply at what truly matters to us, then finding ways to make our technological tools serve this vision. With a light touch suffused by humor, Anderson uncovers the impact of this “yes-saying” philosophy on his own life―and perhaps on yours.
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication dateMay 10, 2022
- Dimensions5.7 x 0.8 x 8.6 inches
- ISBN-101324004797
- ISBN-13978-1324004790
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―Boston Globe
"Anderson gives us the philosopher we need for the moment at hand, and it is a welcome gift."
―Kirkus Reviews
"Unconventional arguments (read less, forget more) and Anderson’s facility in distilling the useful from Nietzsche’s writings while tossing the “bad, cruel or juvenile” breathe some refreshing originality into the screen obsession discourse. This is a must-read for anyone overwhelmed by the Information Age."
―Publishers Weekly
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- Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date : May 10, 2022
- Language : English
- Print length : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1324004797
- ISBN-13 : 978-1324004790
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.7 x 0.8 x 8.6 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,224,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #729 inIndividual Philosophers (Books)
- #1,267 inConsciousness & Thought Philosophy
- #1,877 inModern Western Philosophy
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About the author
Nate is the deputy editor at Ars Technica, where he writes about technology law and policy. His work has also been published in outlets like The Economist and Foreign Policy. His first computer was an Atari 600XL with a tape drive and so little memory that it could be filled just by typing in programs from magazines.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThe book is an ode to do more and to take agency of your life; a Nietzsche rightfully reintroduced.
While my takeaways differ from Nate's, it showed me a side of Nietzsche that I had not considered before, in a form not bereft of hyperbole, most fitting to Nietzsche himself.
In short - have a go at the book, make sure it takes you two years to read because you are reading it only when out by yourself in a loud pub, and who knows, you just might want to join Nate's invitation in the end. - Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseEnjoy the challenge to say yes to risk and adventure over safety and death. This is a well timed book. The pandemic has lead many of us, me, to screen overload. I needed to read this!
- Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI thoroughly enjoyed this book! Prior to reading, I was not extremely familiar with Nietzsche's writing. The author does a phenomenal job distilling Nietzsche's ideas into practical wisdom for modern life. I highly recommend it!
- Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2022Format: HardcoverThe author applies Nietzsche's philosophy as a salve to address the downside of our current technology driven world, particularly that of social media's impact on the quality of our lives. Nietzsche was an opponent of the easy life, which is practically the opposite of what humanity aspires to today. We want everything cheap and quick and to require the least effort possible so that we can move on to our next frenzy driven activity. This has been a recipe for societal malaise. We need instead to engage with the world physically as much as possible but most importantly in human face-to-face connections. The book not only presents Nietzsche's philosophy juxtaposed against the argument against modern life, but also exposes the reader to other aspects of his philosophy. I have already reduced the control of social media by turning off notifications for everything excepts texts. It's a relief t not be constantly interrupted by pings of various tones. Nietzsche is sometimes a tough and controversial read, but always rewarding. It is great to have an author like Anderson distill the philosopher's work into digestible chunks for this specific need.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2022Format: KindleThe cover of the books tells us Nietzsche can teach us something about joyful living in a tech-saturated world. Delivering on this claim, Anderson handles Nietzsche's writing in an accessible and insightful way. The author unpacks challenging passages and ideas from Nietzsche's sometimes complicated and confused writing and displays the essence of those thoughts for me, Joe Reader.
For armchair philosophers and those pondering how to live today, this book offers some helpful insights and unique perspectives. - Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseEvery sentence of this book has been dragged through a thesaurus, stamped with great poetic effort, and over-plotted across snippets of Nietzsche to the point where much of this is straight-up garble. There's a good chance that Anderson's writing style simply repulsed me, but I think the book as a whole is, objectively, is an overwritten blog post.
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- AbhijatReviewed in India on March 29, 2025
5.0 out of 5 starsmust read for all millenials and post
Format: HardcoverVerified Purchaseamazing confluence of classical philosophy in modern context - RusselReviewed in Germany on May 16, 2023
5.0 out of 5 starsNietzsche on Information Overload
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI really liked the authors style and humor. A lot of good nietzsche quotes on information overload.
The second part with tipps and remedies is of course more the authors view than nietzsches.
