REBOOT

Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World

Elaine Kasket

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Elliott & Thompson Limited
14 February 2024

Impact of science & technology on society; Technology: general issues; Digital lifestyle

Technology is the mediator and middleman in nearly every relationship we have in modern life. Interwoven within the bonds between parents and kids, teachers and pupils, romantic partners, employees and bosses, midlife adults and aging parents, we are constantly making decisions about data and devices that affect not only us, but other people – often our nearest and dearest.

Yet we speak as though technology is an active, powerful, unstoppable force, and we are the victims. ‘What is this technology doing to us?’ people ask. But are we as helpless as we assume?

In REBOOT, psychologist Elaine Kasket disrupts common assumptions and fears about technology’s impact on us, unfolding a different, more empowered, more individual way of responding to technology and its challenges at every age and stage.

For each phase of life, she explores how and why you may be pulled into using and thinking about technology in particular ways, even when those ways don’t ultimately serve you or your relationships.

Come away curious about why you use technology the way you do; clear about how those choices are really working out; and with the tools to align your technology use with the kind of life and relationships you want. When you recognise and reclaim the extent of your power, what might become possible?

By: Elaine Kasket
Imprint: Elliott & Thompson Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781783967568
ISBN 10: 1783967560
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 14 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

ELAINE KASKET is a psychologist, speaker and writer, and an expert on the modern challenges and opportunities brought about by technology. Speaking about life, relationships, privacy and the power of big tech, Elaine appears frequently in the mainstream media as well as on podcasts and at major festivals. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She also serves as an Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Wolverhampton. All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of your Personal Data (2019) was her first book for a general audience. A reformed 'sharenter' when it comes to her own child, Elaine is a passionate believer in our right to control personal information and tell our stories.

Reviews for REBOOT: Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World

'Digital technologies aren’t just transforming every area of life. They’re transforming us, and this book, examining the psychological, social and technological intersections of this transformation, couldn’t be more timely.' Catherine Mayer, author of Good Grief