Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart

From the author ofThe Shallows, a bracing exploration of how social media has warped our sense of self and society.

From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more power to share information, the assumption goes, society prospers.Superbloomtells a startlingly different story. As communication becomes more mechanized and efficient, it breeds confusion more than understan...