Review of "100 Things We've Lost to the Internet" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This book was great fun! I really appreciate the balance Paul has created here. It could easily have been a book bemoaning all of the horrible changes brought by the internet and then the internet on phones, but it isn't. Often something lost has both a positive side to the loss and a sad one, while other things are great to wave goodbye to (#8. Filing).
While this book has a pretty light and fun tone, Paul does hit on some pretty weighty issues brought on by the ubiquity of the internet. (#48. Civility, #54. Empathy, #93. Humility, and a few others that I forgot to note as I was listening.)
I laughed out loud during her description of #94. Cliff Notes: "travel to the stationary store to visit the spinning yellow rack of shame." (Not quite a direct quote, but close.)
She ends the book appropriately, #100 Closure. However, …
This book was great fun! I really appreciate the balance Paul has created here. It could easily have been a book bemoaning all of the horrible changes brought by the internet and then the internet on phones, but it isn't. Often something lost has both a positive side to the loss and a sad one, while other things are great to wave goodbye to (#8. Filing).
While this book has a pretty light and fun tone, Paul does hit on some pretty weighty issues brought on by the ubiquity of the internet. (#48. Civility, #54. Empathy, #93. Humility, and a few others that I forgot to note as I was listening.)
I laughed out loud during her description of #94. Cliff Notes: "travel to the stationary store to visit the spinning yellow rack of shame." (Not quite a direct quote, but close.)
She ends the book appropriately, #100 Closure. However, after her discussion of closure, the book just ends. There's no wrap-up, final commentary, or closure, which is my only gripe for this fun read.