The Four-Dimensional Human by Laurence Scott
You are a four-dimensional human.
"Clever, allusive, with a capacious sense of humor, the book sizzles with intelligence…it’s hard not to be charmed." -- Jacob Silverman - New York Times Book Review
"With his joyful phrase-making and sharp eye for the follies and absurdities of wired life, Scott would be the perfect investigator to report back on what it feels like to be…uploaded." -- Will Self - Guardian
"Scott’s writing is exceptionally fine, and his cultural range extravagant…An astounding debut." -- Sunday Times
"A probing and elegant meditation on the digital world’s ‘ways of being.’ Beyond the lovely precision of its diction and companionable voice, it is notable for its courage to write from inside the ambiguities and confusions of online life, to resist the easy pleasures of summary judgement." -- New Statesman
"Adds immeasurably to the burgeoning literature on what social media do to our innermost lives, relationships, and stance towards the world. [Scott] doesn’t travel on main roads—the familiar worries about technology—but rather on hidden byways marked by imagination and metaphor, where data cannot follow." -- Carol Tavris - Times Literary Supplement
"[The Four-Dimensional Human] is carefully crafted and eloquently written…A valuable book that brings a fresh perspective to the topic of life online and offline." -- Jennifer Golbeck - Science
"[A] rich phenomenology of living in the digital age and its radical reshaping of fundamental human experiences...Scott’s sharp eye for irony and great wit make this debut a lively contribution to the conversation about the effects of the Internet on society." -- Publishers Weekly
"[An] elegant meditation." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Witty, intellectual." -- Booklist
"With his joyful phrase-making and sharp eye for the follies and absurdities of wired life, Scott would be the perfect investigator to report back on what it feels like to be…uploaded." -- Will Self - Guardian
"Scott’s writing is exceptionally fine, and his cultural range extravagant…An astounding debut." -- Sunday Times
"A probing and elegant meditation on the digital world’s ‘ways of being.’ Beyond the lovely precision of its diction and companionable voice, it is notable for its courage to write from inside the ambiguities and confusions of online life, to resist the easy pleasures of summary judgement." -- New Statesman
"Adds immeasurably to the burgeoning literature on what social media do to our innermost lives, relationships, and stance towards the world. [Scott] doesn’t travel on main roads—the familiar worries about technology—but rather on hidden byways marked by imagination and metaphor, where data cannot follow." -- Carol Tavris - Times Literary Supplement
"[The Four-Dimensional Human] is carefully crafted and eloquently written…A valuable book that brings a fresh perspective to the topic of life online and offline." -- Jennifer Golbeck - Science
"[A] rich phenomenology of living in the digital age and its radical reshaping of fundamental human experiences...Scott’s sharp eye for irony and great wit make this debut a lively contribution to the conversation about the effects of the Internet on society." -- Publishers Weekly
"[An] elegant meditation." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Witty, intellectual." -- Booklist
Laurence Scott’s essays and criticism have appeared on NewYorker.com and in the Guardian, the Financial Times, and the London Review of Books, among other publications. He is a lecturer in writing at New York University in London and lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393353075 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393353079 |
| Title | The Four-Dimensional Human |
| Author | Laurence Scott |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2016-09-09 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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