{"product_id":"reboot-reclaiming-your-life-in-a-tech-obsessed-world-hardcover","title":"Reboot: Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine Kasket\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology affects every interaction, shapes our identities and constantly hijacks our attention. So how can we reclaim our power and feel less helpless at every stage of our lives?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a world full of algorithms, addictive apps and data-driven adverts, it often feels as if the digital environment is determining our behaviour. We trace our steps, track our kids and share our lives online, without really knowing whether this technology is serving our best interests - or those of the people we love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe speak as though technology is a powerful, unstoppable force and we are the victims.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What is this technology doing to us?' we ask. But are we as helpless as we assume?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eReboot\u003c\/i\u003e, leading psychotherapist and cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket offers a novel approach to understanding technology's role at every stage of our lives. Journeying from digital gestation to the digital afterlife, through infancy, adolescence and adulthood, Kasket connects the dots between our technology usage and the challenges it poses to our identity and development, and to our relationships and privacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Via discussions of 'sharenting', surveillance and social media, Kasket reveals how we consistently underestimate our power to shape our relationships with and through technology. She invites us to question the auto-pilot approach that many of us adopt and instead move forward in a more deliberate, mindful and empowered way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCome away curious about why you use technology the way you do, clear about how those choices are \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e working out and with the tools to reclaim your life in a tech-obsessed world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eELAINE KASKET\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eAll the Ghosts in the Machine \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) was her first book for a general audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.55 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763417645344,"sku":"9781783967568","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/019bb77f418e836f634ecd243f276d89.webp?v=1780235009","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/reboot-reclaiming-your-life-in-a-tech-obsessed-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}