Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld - Book Review

Byung-Chul Han’s critique of the infosphere highlights the price we are paying for our growing preoccupation with information and communication. Today we search for more information without gaining any real knowledge. We communicate constantly without participating in a community. We save masses of data without keeping track of our memories. We accumulate friends and followers without encountering other people. This is how information develops a form of life that has no stability or duration. And as we become increasingly absorbed in the infosphere, we lose touch with the magic of things which provide a stable environment for dwelling and give continuity to human life. The infosphere may seem to grant us new freedoms but it creates new forms of control too, and it cuts us off from the kind of freedom that is tied to acting in the world.
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An enjoyable and thoughtful analysis, thank you!

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Thanks. I'm glad you found your way to Han's book. This particular one may be my favourite work of non-fiction. You might also read Patrick Curry's Enchantment Wonder in Modern Life, which shares similar themes and concerns.