High Tech/High Touch: Technology and Our Search for Meaning

by Douglas Philips, Nana Naisbitt, Douglas Philips

The one great megatrend of the new millennium. In this important and timely book encompassing the key trends of our time, John Naisbitt, the world's foremost social forecaster and bestselling author, takes us on a compelling and kaleidoscopic tour of our contemporary 'technology immersion' and our accelerated search for meaning. High Tech/High Touch shows how we need to understand technology through a human lens - to comprehend life-science technologies through theology, consumer technology through high-touch time, science of the body through art. Exploring everything from the effect of consumer and genetic technologies (the most influential of all technologies to come) to the problems that parents face contending with violent electronic games, the authors' insights span science, religion, commerce, communications, art, leisure and many other areas of our daily lives.

Genres: Nonfiction, Technology, Business, Cultural

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 1999

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked the book and suggestions, oddly enough this was recommended by a friend who talks the talk but does not walk the walk. The tips are only good if you actually do them.

[Mitchell Canty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ironically, this reads as out of touch, cynical, and "old man yells at cloud", even for the time it was written. The introduction sets up a commentary to pull back from technology and engage in humanity which is never fulfilled. The authors spend what felt like half the book describing the "military-nintendo complex", and yet highlights how dangerous the Nintendo side is, with little condemnation for the militarys influence. The near fear-mongering done around how dangerous genetic modification could be (as it was still in its infancy) was bookended by why it could be good and whether or not religious leaders are on board. The authors seem to sing praise for high tech modern art that highlights our humanity, undoubtedly an opportunity to blend the themes of High Tech & High Touch, but falls flat and presents as more of a chapter detailing the cool new art movement. Altogether felt like a collection of slippery slope and scapegoating arguments, without actually delivering anything meaningful in regards to how to work towards being High Touch in the modern world.

[Sten Vesterli · Rating 2 out of 5]

185 pages of unadulterated techno-pessimism lamenting how techology is ruining the world. Of course dated by now, and without providing any solutions short of throwing away all your tech and going living in a cabin in the woods. The redeeming feature that saves this diatribe from one star is the last chapter on how modern artworks use and comment on technology. The interesting concept of high tech/high touch was apparently exhausted in Naisbitt's "Megatrends." Not recommended.

[S.R. Jamiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! nodding all the way through!

[Phương Phạm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Drop

[Marcelo Soares · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the first book I've deliberately decided not to finish.

[Pera · Rating 4 out of 5]

buku ini meceritakan tentang kemajuan teknologi khususnya IT yang mempengaruhi sosial budaya di Amerika.
Naisbit menyatakan ada korelasi antara film-film kekerasan dan game yang berbau kekerasan terhadap serangkaian tragedi pembunuhan massal oleh anak2 dan orang dewasa di Amerika.
bisa jadi tragedi virginia tech yang lalu juga ada kaitan dengan uraian nasibit ini.
Naisbit menggugat industri televisi bertanggung jawab terhadap kerusakan moral yang cenderung pada kekerasan.
di Indonesia sendiri gejala tersebut ada. mungkin kita tinggal menunggu rentetan tragedi saja :(. atau sudah sering terjadi?

[Martyn Lovell · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is terrible. I strongly recommend against reading it. I was unable to get through the whole book.

The work is disorganized, written in a random organization. It doesn't make clear what its points are. It makes various aggrandized claims of problems with limited evidence, and even less explanations what to change.

The book includes lots of anecdotes from a range of people. It fails to clearly tie them to a narrative, to put them into context. Even the good anecdotes are often put into a context that implies they are very scary without any justification.

When I was fed up I tried to skip to the end to find conclusions, but those that exist are spread out and hard to find.

[bitchrepublic · Rating 3 out of 5]

probably applicable to the DOT COM moment we had :)

[Tomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting book about the how technology has been affecting our life and culture.

[Mas Dani "Chapunk" Setiawan · Rating 3 out of 5]

cukup bagus untuk referensi

[Sandy Sulaiman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Respect!