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Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and five other acclaimed books. A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, he writes for the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Oregon.
[An] eye-opening new book...We have, Carr concludes, 'been telling ourselves lies about communication--and about ourselves.' It's time we stop.--Sam Keane ""American Scholar"" Carr considers what we know about human communication and psychology and argues that modern social media is ideally suited to increase intolerance, anxiety, and factionalism. Turns out, more communication isn't automatically better...As always, Carr's perspective is urgent and bracing, a necessary challenge to idealistic visions of a democratic internet.--John Keogh ""Booklist (starred review)"" Carr persuasively sounds the alarm about the destructive nature of social media and the corporations that control it.-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Carr, for his part, extols a 'more material and less virtual existence.' I think they're both right, even if trying to change one's own behavior feels small next to the structural forces delineated in their books. But for now, yes--it's going to take willful acts of sensory deprivation for us to come to our senses.--Jen Szalai ""The New York Times"" Incisive--John Thornhill ""Financial Times"" The 'superbloom' of flowers produced a superbloom of people, trampling the poppies, causing gridlock and creating a public-safety hazard. For Nicholas Carr, a thoughtful critic of technology and its consequences, all this is a metaphor for today's media-saturated world.-- ""Economist"" This book is so timely. I say this as an extremely online person who has a deep love for the culture and history of the internet: maybe some of this was a bad idea.--Oliver Scialdone ""Literary Hub"" This book might finally convince you to stay off social media--or at least get the apps off your phone...Carr promises to bring readers along into the murky waters of our ever expanding technological landscape.--Brianne Kane ""Scientific American"" At times alarming, Superbloom is a profound reminder of what's at stake if we consume only ultraprocessed communication at the expense of real, embodied community.--Nicholas J. Weyrens ""The Gospel Coalition"" The case Carr makes is compelling...It is an inspiring rallying call, and Superbloom shows us what is at stake--but with market forces, peer pressure, and our own instincts ranged against us, this might be easier said than done.--Philip Ball ""Los Angeles Review of Books""
