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Radical Technologies

The Design of Everyday Life

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Radical Technologies

The Design of Everyday Life

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Since the first publication, the world of technology has been transformed by the hype of AI, VR and the promise of self-driving vehicles. Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services and spaces that define us. It is time to reevaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future.

Having successfully colonised everyday life, radical technologies – from smartphones, blockchain, augmented-reality interfaces and virtual assistants to 3D printing, autonomous delivery drones and self-driving cars – are now conditioning the choices available to us in the years to come. How do they work? What challenges do they present to us, as individuals and societies? Who benefits from their adoption? In answering these questions, Greenfield's timely guide clarifies the scale and nature of the crisis we now confront – and offers ways to reclaim our stake in the future.

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Published 06 Jan 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 384
ISBN 9781804299883
Imprint Verso
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Publisher New Left Books Ltd

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