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Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies New Edition

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Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self help measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children. Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies shows us a way out. Rather than blaming users, the book shatters the illusion that we autonomously choose how to spend our time online. It shifts the moral responsibility and accountability for solutions to corporations. Drawing lessons from the tobacco and food industries, the book demonstrates why government regulation is necessary to curb technology addiction. It describes a grassroots movement already in action across courts and legislative halls. Groundbreaking and urgent, Unwired provides a blueprint to develop this movement for change, to one that will allow us to finally gain control.
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    1009257935
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    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    March 28, 2023
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.4 x 0.9 x 8.6 inches
  8. Print length
    248 pages
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‘Gaia Bernstein’s Unwired offers a compelling roadmap for tackling one of our most pressing problems: the irresistible pull of technology. Over the course of our lives, we and our children will spend between fifteen and twenty years glued to our screens. As Bernstein shows, though, there are regulatory remedies at hand to help us retain our time and our wellbeing.’ Adam Alter, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, NYU Stern School of Business, author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink

‘In this important and powerful book, Gaia Bernstein shows us how to reclaim our power and our humanity from the Big Tech cartel that have intentionally addicted us to their devices and platforms.’ Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., Author of ‘Glow Kids’ and ‘Digital Madness", former Clinical Professor, Stony Brook Medicine

‘Unwired is a compelling, accessible, and vital intervention into the overuse of technology. Instead of offering overly simplistic self-help strategies that are doomed to fail, Professor Bernstein rightly targets the manipulative design of technologies and the need for us to work together to hold the tech industry accountable. This book vividly blends personal stories with the latest research and lessons from history to paint a clear picture of our struggle with screens and what it’s going to take to improve things. Everyone should read this book.’ Woodrow Hartzog, Professor of Law at Boston University and author of Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies

‘Inviting and intelligent, Gaia Bernstein’s extraordinary book masterfully combines honest personal reflections about her experiences with the creep of digital tech together with a sobering academic account of our collective public struggles to deal with technologies designed to addict, manipulate, and even control our behavior. Throughout, Bernstein maintains a can-do attitude that inspires change.’ Brett Frischmann, The Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, Villanova University School of Law

‘Unwired is a powerful rejoinder to voices that would seek to minimize the threat technological manipulation poses to human freedom. But Gaia Bernstein goes beyond a mere accounting of the harms and proposes systemic changes that can help us take back control. Comprehensive in its scope and clear-eyed in its analysis, Unwired is an indispensable guide to the landscape of digital technology reform. Anyone who cares about the future of technology should read this book.’ James Williams, author of Stand Out of Our Light

'This trenchant clarion call rings loud and clear.' Publishers Weekly

‘Mixing expertise and passion, the author sets an agenda to rein in the tech behemoths that have run rampant for years.’ Kirkus Reviews

'Bernstein is shrewd about the political maneuvers and public relations options available to industries challenged for doing harm to the general welfare. At the same time, she shows that imposing some control or countermeasures … has been possible in the past, and might be in the future.' Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed

'Unwired exists to be used: an agenda for social change through legal action. It is a knife, not a brush. But it’ll be of much more than academic value to those of us whose parenting years were overshadowed by feelings of guilt, frustration and anxiety, as we fought our hopeless battles, and lost our children to TikTok and Fortnite.' Simon Ings, New Statesman

'Bernstein … doubts that addicted users … can will themselves out of their habits. Instead, she argues, regulatory intervention of the supplying corporations will be necessary.' Harvard Magazine, Off the Shelf

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Offers a novel solution to technology addiction through legal action to pressure the technology industry to re-design its products.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; New edition (March 28, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1009257935
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1009257930
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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Gaia Bernstein is the Technology, Privacy and Policy Professor at Seton Hall Law School, the founding Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection and the Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology.

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Powerful and thought-provoking. Definitely a must-read book.
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Powerful and thought-provoking. Definitely a must-read book.
This book is incredibly interesting and thought-provoking. I started reading the book this weekend and could not put it down. Through personal stories and research the book helped me understand some of the issues I’ve had to deal with as a father of school-age children and as someone who is fond of technology. The book also provides some very interesting ideas on how our society and the tech industry can address the overuse of technology. Bravo!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The darkside of the tech revolution
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2023
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Professor Bernstein's book is a thought-provoking and practical guide to understanding and managing our relationship with technology. With engaging anecdotes, solid research, and actionable strategies, the book explores how addictive technologies impact our lives and offers empowering ways to regain control. It strikes a balance by acknowledging technology's benefits while advocating for mindful engagement and serves as a wake-up call for individuals and society as a whole to reassess our relationship with technology and make informed choices that prioritize our well-being and autonomy.

This book is a must-read for anyone seeking a healthier and more mindful approach to technology usage in the digital age.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Important, Actionable Account of Manipulative Design
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023
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Read this book if you want to understand why you, someone you love, someone you work with, or just someone you see while you're out and about in the world has difficulty putting down their phones. Compulsive use is a problem that willpower alone will never solve. We need to work together to hold the tech industry accountable. This book is accessible and detailed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and thought-provoking. Definitely a must-read book.
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
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This book is incredibly interesting and thought-provoking. I started reading the book this weekend and could not put it down. Through personal stories and research the book helped me understand some of the issues I’ve had to deal with as a father of school-age children and as someone who is fond of technology. The book also provides some very interesting ideas on how our society and the tech industry can address the overuse of technology. Bravo!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and thought-provoking. Definitely a must-read book.
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
This book is incredibly interesting and thought-provoking. I started reading the book this weekend and could not put it down. Through personal stories and research the book helped me understand some of the issues I’ve had to deal with as a father of school-age children and as someone who is fond of technology. The book also provides some very interesting ideas on how our society and the tech industry can address the overuse of technology. Bravo!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opening and Comprehensive
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2023
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An eye-opening, comprehensive look at the dynamics and the dangers of tech overuse and what it will take to reverse this trend. The presentation is level-headed but unflinching in exposing the tech industry's market motivations and design techniques for promoting overuse and addiction. Historical examples such as the battle with the tobacco industry shed light on the current crossroads and on educational and legal strategies to help restore online/offline balance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential and human
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
A must-read, Unwired presents essential thorough research on the tech industry and its promotion of addictive behaviors. It recognizes our struggle to use those technologies with a sense of control with a human approach resonating with me as a parent. It is an illuminating read at a time when we should be reflecting on how to regulate technology sensibly and much more drastically than the topical discourse that exists today.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must Read" to Recover Your Life & That of Your Kids from Conniving Big Tech!
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2023
This book sets out clearly the broad range effects on humanity and especially on kids and youth of tech addiction - a global issue. Importantly, it offers a lucid roadmap on what we as lay consumers can do to fight back and finally make a change.
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