{"product_id":"the-space-of-the-world-9781509554720","title":"The Space of the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the past thirty years, humanity has made a huge mistake. We handed over to big tech decisions that have allowed them to build what has become our space of the world  the highly artificial space of social media platforms where much of our social life now unfolds. This has proved reckless and has huge social consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe toxic effects on social life, young people's mental health, and political solidarity are well known, but the key factor underlying all this has been missed: the fact that humanity allowed business to construct our space of the world\u003ci\u003eat all\u003c\/i\u003eand then exploit it for profit. In the process, we ignored two millennia of political thought about the conditions under which a healthy or even a non-violent politics is possible. We endangered the one resource that is in desperately short supply in the face of catastrophic climate change: solidarity. Is human solidarity possible in a world of continuous digital connection and commercially managed platforms,","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409561297239,"sku":"9781509554720","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509554720.jpg?v=1730507242","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-space-of-the-world-9781509554720","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}