by vanissadrar | Oct 2, 2025 | Book Review
Screenwise by Devorah Heitner offers a practical and empathetic guide for parents and educators navigating the complexities of raising children in a digitally saturated culture. The book’s central thesis is a call to move beyond a model of strict monitoring and...
by vanissadrar | Sep 29, 2025 | Book Review
A Captivating Look at Why We Can’t Look Away In Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, Adam Alter delivers a compelling and deeply researched exploration of the modern world’s most pervasive habits: our...
by vanissadrar | Sep 18, 2025 | Book Review
Jean M. Twenge’s iGen is a fascinating and data-driven exploration of the generation born between 1995 and 2012. The book’s central thesis is that the smartphone is more than just a device; it is the defining force that has radically shaped the behaviors, attitudes,...
by vanissadrar | Sep 11, 2025 | Book Review
Published at a pivotal moment when Facebook was emerging from colleges, Twitter was just gaining traction, and the iPhone was beginning to revolutionize mobile computing, Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody is a foundational text for understanding the...
by vanissadrar | Sep 4, 2025 | Book Review
How many tabs do you have open right now? While you’re reading this sentence, did you just glance at a notification on your phone? If this sounds familiar, then Nicholas Carr’s Pulitzer Prize-finalist book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, is...
by vanissadrar | Aug 28, 2025 | Book Review
John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, adapted from the 1972 BBC television series, remains a foundational text in visual culture studies. This concise and innovative book challenges established conventions of viewing art, arguing that human perception is not innate but is...
by vanissadrar | Aug 21, 2025 | Book Review
A Soothing Balm for the Modern Soul: Deconstructing Our Need for Approval Alain de Botton’s Status Anxiety is not just a book; it’s a diagnosis and a form of therapy for a pervasive modern condition. With the elegant prose of a philosopher and the comforting...
by vanissadrar | Aug 14, 2025 | Book Review
Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle (1967) is a dense but fascinating exploration of how modern society prioritizes images and appearances over authentic experience. While often associated with political critique, the book also offers deep philosophical insights...
by vanissadrar | Aug 7, 2025 | Book Review
Book Review In La médiocratie (2015), philosopher Alain Deneault dissects a disturbing cultural shift: the institutionalization of mediocrity as the dominant value in contemporary society. Far from being a simple critique of incompetence, the book argues that...
by vanissadrar | Jul 31, 2025 | Book Review
Book Review: The Psychology of Stupidity Why do smart people sometimes make foolish decisions? Why do bad ideas spread so easily, even in the age of information? The Psychology of Stupidity, edited by Jean‑François Marmion and translated by Liesl Schillinger, dives...
