Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents  


Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents
Polity | November 21, 2022 | 288 pages
ISBN: 9781509554539

Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal connection – in which everyone and everything is connected to everyone and everything else, everywhere and all the time – is rapidly becoming a reality. Hyperconnectivity has colonized the self, reorganizing our attention and reshaping our ways of thinking, seeing, and feeling. It has channeled social interaction into platform-friendly, surveillance-enhancing forms and formats.