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Now For Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Now For Then: How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ben Hammersley
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:448
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 129
Category/GenreDigital lifestyle
ISBN/Barcode 9781444728620
ClassificationsDewey:004
Audience
General
Illustrations None

Publishing Details

Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publication Date 23 May 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In NOW FOR THEN, guru of the digital age Ben Hammersley gives us the essential guide to the things we need to know for life in the 21st century. Explaining the effects of the changes in the modern world, and the latest ideas in technology, culture, business and politics, this book will demystify the Internet, decode cyberspace, and guide you through the innovations of the revolution we are all living through. This is not a book for geeks. NOW FOR THEN is for everyone who wants to truly understand the modern world, to no longer be confused by the changes in society, business and culture, and to truly prosper in the coming decade. 'An easy-to-read analysis of some of the key cultural and technological changes of the 21st century...' Press Association

Author Biography

BEN HAMMERSLEY is a British technologist, journalist, and broadcaster. He is the Prime Minister's Ambassador to Tech City, London's Internet Quarter; and a member of the European Commission High Level Group on Media Freedom. He is based in London. www.benhammersley.com Follow him on Twitter: @benhammersley

Reviews

'you can feel your mind expanding with each page'. - Financial Times [NOW FOR THEN] brings an interesting and different spin to the usual offerings in the futurology literature department... Ben Hammersley, guru of the digital age, touches on technology, politics and society in an easy-to-read analysis of some of the key cultural and technological changes of the 21st century... The topics are well-ordered and structured, which helps the book's linearity, while having the simultaneous effect of showing how much of the subject matter is interlinked. Chapter after chapter, readers will be reflecting on their own experiences in relation to Hammersley's astute observations. - Press Association 'you can feel your mind expanding with each page'. - Financial Times [NOW FOR THEN] brings an interesting and different spin to the usual offerings in the futurology literature department... Ben Hammersley, guru of the digital age, touches on technology, politics and society in an easy-to-read analysis of some of the key cultural and technological changes of the 21st century... The topics are well-ordered and structured, which helps the book's linearity, while having the simultaneous effect of showing how much of the subject matter is interlinked. Chapter after chapter, readers will be reflecting on their own experiences in relation to Hammersley's astute observations. - Press Association