Rowan Hale

Invisible Upgrades (eBook, ePUB)

How Technology Changes Us Without Asking

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What if the most profound changes in your life weren't dramatic or disruptive-but invisible?

Every time you follow a GPS instead of navigating, let autocomplete finish your thoughts, or swipe through curated recommendations, you're not just saving time. You're participating in a quiet redesign of how your mind works. This book reveals how technology shapes habits without asking-altering how we decide, remember, move, and relate to the world.

In a culture obsessed with ease, we rarely question what's lost in the name of digital convenience tradeoffs. But the cost of frictionless design psychology isn't just in our attention spans or memory. It's in the slow erosion of skills, agency, and depth.

Designed for curious readers who sense that something subtle is shifting-and want the language and clarity to name it-this book is a map to the hidden architectures of modern life. Drawing from psychology, urban systems, and design ethics, it gives you new tools to see the world not just as it is, but as it's being shaped by every app, interface, and smart device.

You'll uncover:

- How cognitive offloading is changing the way we learn, think, and navigate identity

- Why algorithmic decision-making is narrowing your choices before you even notice

- The overlooked value of discomfort, delay, and getting lost

- What it means to reclaim mental and behavioral sovereignty in a human-computer interaction age

This is not an anti-tech rant. It's a call for deeper awareness of invisible tech influence-and an invitation to design your digital life on purpose. For readers who care about clarity, control, and the future of thought, this book offers not just insight, but agency.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mindful Pages
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789371773294
• Artikelnr.: 75847894

Autorenporträt

Rowan Hale writes at the intersection of technology, ethics, and human systems. With a background in behavioral analysis and urban systems, Hale explores how emerging technologies quietly reshape the architecture of daily life-often without our consent or awareness. Known for dissecting complex innovations with clarity and curiosity, Hale brings a deep interest in the unseen trade-offs behind convenience, automation, and digital infrastructure. Invisible Upgrades continues Hale's mission to help readers see the world not just as it is, but as it is being subtly redesigned.