PositiveBooklistAlluringly titled, Chayka’s insightful book connects a wide array of thought-provoking approaches to the concept of less is more.
Daniel Susskind
PositiveBooklistFor a world short on paid work, Oxford economist Susskind advocates a conditional basic income to avoid inequality and provide nonworkers with ways to contribute to society. He also predicts that the worrisome power of tech companies will be political, not economic, and will merit a Political Power Oversight Authority based on moral philosophy. The lives of nonworkers may lose purpose and meaning, so governments must rethink leisure and education. Susskind’s book is so timely, to miss it might be downright irresponsible.
Will Storr
PositiveBooklist\"Storr is nothing if not open-minded, but he does little to defend this latest form of self-focus from the dogged assertions that life online, especially on social media, is hollow and often malignant. Just the same, the latest from the adroit, widely respected Storr will generate demand.\
