{"product_id":"context-blindness-9781433186134","title":"Context Blindness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre people with autism giving us a glimpse into our future human condition? Could we be driving our own evolution with our technology and, in fact, be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human evolution? The thesis at the center of this book is that since we have delegated the ability to read context to contextual technologies such as social media, location, and sensors, we have become context blind. Since context blindnessor caetextia in Latinis one of the most dominant symptoms of autistic behavior at the highest levels of the spectrum, people with autism may indeed be giving us a peek into our human condition soon. We could be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human evolutionHomo caetextus. With increasingly frequent floods and fires and unbearably hot summers, the human footprint on our planet should be evident to all, but it is not because we are context blind. We can now see and feel global warming. We are witnessing evolution in real-time and birthing our s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an urgent, stirring, and relevant book. It revives media theory that has been unjustly pushed aside in the digital age and focuses on some of the most interesting challenges we face.” —Siva Vaidhyanathan, Author, \u003ci\u003eAntisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At once a penetrating social analysis and an eloquent lament for where we are now and where we may be headed, this book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the source of our failings and delusions. Dr. Berger presents a clear, cogent, and concise diagnosis of the ills of present-day culture, one that is essential if we are to begin to seek healing by reclaiming our real, human contexts once more.”—Douglas Rushkoff, Author, \u003ci\u003ePresent Shock\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTeam Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eContext Blindness\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Eva Berger presents a persuasive case that human beings, shaped by the media environments we have created, are evolving to a species that will not or cannot attend to the contexts we inhabit. Our ever-present connection to the internet that first intruded upon our sacred spaces (family dinner, classrooms, and churches) has now simply erased our understanding of how behaviors and spaces might differ. This erasure has replaced questions about what subjects and actions are appropriate in a specific context with arguments about trigger warnings and safe spaces—ultimately making no space safe. The algorithms that rule our lives are encouraging cancel culture and blinding us to the very idea of perspective. With an artful and passionate prose, Berger has issued a warning that the toxic human behaviors we are observing may be a natural selection provoked by our own inventions.”—Missy Alexander, Provost, Western Connecticut State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface – Acknowledgments – Introduction – That Was Then; This Is Now: Media and Decontextualized Information – New Paradigms as Premature Symptoms: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills – The Power of Context and The Importance of Situations –  No Sense of Place: From Television to Social Media – No Sense of Context: Mobile, Data, Sensors, and Location –Delusions: Flat Earthers, Anti- vaxxers, and Global Warming Deniers  High Conflict Personality (HCP): Tribalism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture – Fragility and Hypersensitivity: Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, Trauma and Anxiety – Therapy for Context- Blind Individuals: CBT, ACT, and Social Stories – Therapy for a Context- Blind Humanity: Media Ecology as Context Analysis – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039682462039,"sku":"9781433186134","price":74.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433186134.jpg?v=1750944475","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/context-blindness-9781433186134","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}