{"product_id":"don-t-burn-anyone-at-the-stake-today","title":"Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of the\ntransformative era we're living through, by bestselling, Women's Prize-winning\nwriter Naomi Alderman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e‘At the point that there’s an enormous increase in the amount of information\nthat is available to us, we all get very anxious. We get very angry. People we\nthought we knew well have a very different instinct to us on something that\nseemed incredibly obvious to us’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this intellectually thrilling, ground-breaking book, Naomi Alderman explores\nthe impact of the internet on human communication and argues that the digital\nage is reshaping our perceptions, interactions and mental landscapes, much as\nour two previous information crises―the invention of writing and the Gutenberg\nprinting press - did.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBy looking at the historical outcomes of previous information revolutions –\noutcomes like the Enlightenment's intellectual advancements and the\nReformation's religious conflicts - Alderman asks what we can learn from the\npast to better manage our current information age.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDrawing on the work of philosophers and historians, as well as addressing\nmisinformation, conspiracy theories, public disagreements and groupthink, she\nexplores how new technologies open up new ways of thinking, and of being.\nUrgent, entertaining, hopeful and eye-opening, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t Burn Anyone at\nthe Stake Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e offers a new understanding of the emotional and\ncognitive upheavals we face with today's information crisis and encourages us\nto prepare for, and mitigate, its worst effects while harnessing its potential\nfor positive change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNaomi Alderman is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe\nPower\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the the Women's Prize for Fiction, as well as \u003ci\u003eDisobedience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\nLiars' Gospel,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44684655395023,"sku":"9780241777633","price":39.19,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_a45ac067-2551-45af-ae7b-1e4efe97aac3.jpg?v=1773629781","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/don-t-burn-anyone-at-the-stake-today","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}