{"id":7190,"date":"2016-08-08T08:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roughtype.com\/?p=7190"},"modified":"2016-08-08T08:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:44:00","slug":"all-that-is-solid-would-melt-into-their-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roughtype.com\/?p=7190","title":{"rendered":"“All that is solid would melt into their network”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s my longest, funniest book yet \u2014 granted, the competition was not exactly fierce on either count\u00a0\u2014 and it is now printed, bound, and on its way to a bookstore near you. The title is Utopia Is Creepy . . . and Other Provocations<\/em>, and the book\u00a0collects my favorite posts published here at Rough Type since the blog launched in 2005, along with a selection\u00a0of essays, aphorisms, and reviews that appeared\u00a0over the same period. It also features\u00a0a couple of new pieces, including one on transhumanism called “The Daedalus Mission.”<\/p>\n

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As I was pulling the collection together over the last year, I began to see it as\u00a0an alternative history of recent times, from the founding\u00a0of Facebook\u00a0to the rise of @realDonaldTrump. It is, as well, a critique of Silicon Valley and its cultural powers and pretensions. Here’s a peek at the introduction:<\/p>\n

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Utopia Is Creepy<\/em>\u00a0is out on September 6. More information, including those all-important preorder links, can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to all who have read Rough Type over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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