The Glass Cage
by Nicholas G. Carr · first published 2014
22% recommend67% neutral11% critical
At once a celebration of technology and a warning about its misuse, The Glass Cage will change the way you think about the tools you use every day. In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented. This book explores the impact of automation from a deeply human per
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…jumping off of cliffs, flying planes, riding roller coasters, driving...) Flow: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) Interesting take on automotive tech and psychology from Nicholas Carr’s “Glass Cage”, reviewed by NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/books/review/the-glass-ca...
on “Hey, Tesla Fans: Drive the Porsche Taycan Before You Criticize It” ↗This is the exact subject of the book; The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr. Airline industry avoids too much automation for this very reason. Vigilance is hard to moderate when you start automating too much.
on “New Video of Tesla Crash Demonstrates the Problem of Semi-Automated Driving” ↗The NYT Review of Books has a much better article: "How robots & algorithms are taking over", about "The Glass Cage: Automation and Us", by Nicholas Carr.[1] That's about the future of work. Computers are taking over because they're so incredibly cheap, and now they're getting smarter. Anything a computer can do,…
on “The Robots Are Winning” ↗Nicholas Carr's new book is also about the dangers of too much automation: http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Cage-Automation-Us/dp/0393240762
on “The Human Factor – the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447” ↗…Lawrence Reynolds 2. Black Wings of Cthulhu 3 - S.T. John (ed) 3. Unleash The Warrior Within - Richard Machowicz 4. Data Crush - Christopher Surdak 5. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman 6. The Glass Cage: Automation and Us - Nicholas Carr 7. Future Shock - Alvin Toffler 8. The Balanced Scorecard - Robert S. Kaplan
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…intended audience, as the introductory paragraphs were almost completely incomprehensible to me on my first pass through them. That said, what follows is an excellent argument for why Nicholas Carr's The Glass Cage is terrible. I assume the introduction designed to prime the intended audience* for this argument. * Which I assume is made up entirely of people whom I'd be very sad to find myself at a cocktail party…
on “The Taming of Tech Criticism” ↗“IDEs considered harmful”. That's exactly the thesis of Nicholas Carr's book, “The Glass Cage”. He claims the more we employ cognitive-enhancing tools like IDEs to help us perform tasks that require mental effort, the less engaged we become, the less creative, and the less effort we're willing…
on “Benefits of Not Using an IDE” ↗A recent book looking in depth at what this actually means for us: " The Glass Cage: Automation and Us"
on “Bill Gates: People Don't Realize How Many Jobs Will Soon Be Replaced by Software” ↗This reminds me of the book The Glass Cage where the author talks about technology-centric design and human-centric design. I must agree that we shouldn't be changing humans to work with self driving cars. Cars should change humans and improve…
on “An idea for making self-driving cars safer: Reprogram humans” ↗