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Title: High Tech High Touch: Technology and Our Search for Meaning by John Naisbitt, Nana Naisbitt, Douglas Philips, Michael McConnohie, Douglas Phillips ISBN: 1-55935-327-9 Publisher: Soundelux Audio Pub Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly Recommended!
Comment: Megatrends author John Naisbitt's new book (co-written by daughter Nana Naisbitt and artist Douglas Philips) is a fat book of ideas that touches upon genetics, art, media violence, time sensibilities and even South Park. Unlike most futurists, the authors make judgment calls about future timelines and inclinations. However, they agree with other futurists that full immersion virtual reality is coming, although they add that it's probably not a good thing, especially for your kids. Their compelling discussion of the genetic revolution is wide-ranging and fair-handed. Their interesting take on media violence and video games seems more controversial, evidencing a distaste that echoes the genre's most hostile opponents. Their view of modern art, which touts body part art (i.e. Piss Christ and sliced cows) but ignores the computer-driven fruition of amateur filmmaking, also seems odd. You may find yourself arguing and fighting with this very stylish, well-written book, but we [...] promise you won't be bored.
Rating: 4
Summary: Enlightening, entertaining, and fascinating
Comment: Are you a conscious consumer? Or do you passively accept every technology trend that comes your way, believing the promises you hope it delivers? This book covers several areas on how we are rapidly moving ahead with technology without much thought to the consequences it has on our humanity- whether it is violence on screens, quick health "solutions", or stressed out lifestyles with a half dozen different contact numbers.
After reading this book, I don't think I will ever be able to look at the media and technology the same ever again. While I think a few of the issues were oversimplified, this book was also well researched and most importantly- it makes you think. Whether you agree with some of the main points or not, you will be thinking about this book long after you have finished digesting it. Think of it as a bit of balance to your ideas, to counteract with all of those commercials you've been reading and hearing your whole life.
Rating: 4
Summary: We need more balance
Comment: John Naisbitt is very high touch in person. When he told me his next book would be about high tech, high touch--the most popular and shortest chapter in Megatrends--I was hoping for examples of how to achieve that balance. Alas I was mistaken. I came away from the read very sensitized to the encroachment of the technologically intoxicated zone. I chuckled at realizing our two biggest markets are consumer technology and escape from consumer technology. These are valuable lessons and well documented. There are a few personable moments in the book that point towards turning off the TV. But the reader needs to look elsewhere and inward for the antidote.
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Title: Megatrends 2000 by John Naisbitt, Patricia Aburdene, Pat Aburdene ISBN: 0380704374 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Global Paradox by John Naisbitt ISBN: 0380724898 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The World in 2020: Power, Culture and Prosperity by Hamish McRae ISBN: 0875847382 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Powershift : Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century by Alvin Toffler ISBN: 0553292153 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Women, Technology, and the Myth of Progress by Eileen B. Leonard ISBN: 0130985953 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 08 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.33 |
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