Humanizing the digital revolution, the secret life of yeast and Lyme disease through a climate lens: Books in brief

Abstract

How to Fix the Future Andrew Keen Atlantic (2018) Silicon Valley insider Andrew Keen has long been calling out the “disturbingly centralized, unequal, and creepy” aspects of the digital revolution. In this acerbic, articulate global survey of human-centred solutions, he examines best practice in consumer choice, education, innovation, regulation and social responsibility. His journey takes in digital investor John Borthwick’s call for antitrust regulation and “human-centric design”; lessons from China, Estonia and Singapore in how, or how not, to digitize; and distinct signs of cognitive clarity in no-tech schooling. An invigorating mix of principle and vision.