The End Of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
Registered by 
ifyouknew
of Calgary, Alberta Canada on 11/30/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
ifyouknew of Calgary, Alberta Canada on 11/30/2017 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I read 'Solitude' by this author and it was ok; I enjoyed the content, though I found that Harris' writing style could be a bit unclear at times.
I started reading this, but didn't finish it. To begin with, I was baffled by Harris' assertion that our modern Internet culture deprives us of 'absence', or 'lack'. He never did explain what he meant by this, and it wasn't clear from the examples he gave. Eventually, after several chapters, I figured out that what he was talking about- I think- was unfilled time. (I was never completely sure.) The book also jumps between topics without clearly explaining how they are related or how they support the thesis (though I admit that this may have been self-evident if I had known what the thesis was, i.e., what Harris meant by a lack of absence).
I hope the next reader gets more out of this than I did.
I started reading this, but didn't finish it. To begin with, I was baffled by Harris' assertion that our modern Internet culture deprives us of 'absence', or 'lack'. He never did explain what he meant by this, and it wasn't clear from the examples he gave. Eventually, after several chapters, I figured out that what he was talking about- I think- was unfilled time. (I was never completely sure.) The book also jumps between topics without clearly explaining how they are related or how they support the thesis (though I admit that this may have been self-evident if I had known what the thesis was, i.e., what Harris meant by a lack of absence).
I hope the next reader gets more out of this than I did.
Journal Entry 2 by ifyouknew at Little Free Library - 211 10A St. NW in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Tuesday, May 15, 2018
ifyouknew at Little Free Library - 211 10A St. NW in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (5/15/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library - 211 10A St. NW in Calgary, Alberta Canada
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Released in the Little Free Library around 7:30pm.
Journal Entry 3 by ifyouknew at Little Free Library- 1320 5 Ave NW (Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Assn) in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Monday, August 13, 2018
ifyouknew at Little Free Library- 1320 5 Ave NW (Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Assn) in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Monday, August 13, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (8/17/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library- 1320 5 Ave NW (Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Assn) in Calgary, Alberta Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I just went by the Little Free Library on 10A St NW and noticed this book was still there. I thought I'd pick it up, post an update on its whereabouts, and try re-releasing it somewhere else. The HSCA Little Free Library on 5 Ave NW has been pretty empty (sometimes completely empty) lately, so maybe the book will have better luck there.
