Ways of Being

Beyond Human Intelligence

English language

Published 2022 by Penguin Books, Limited.

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978-0-14-199427-7
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A rich and inspiring look at ways in which the more-than-human world exists, as well as a sustained complaint about our stubborn refusal to see that existence. The examples here are incredibly numerous and varied, and Bridle does a great job at stitching them together into a coherent narrative. Their look at technology in the light of ecology has somewhat nuanced my techno-cynicism (although it has  added ammunition too), which I think is necessary as we are not going to live without omnipresent digital technology any time soon.

As a soon-to-be philosophy graduate, Ways of Being provided me with a lot of food for thought, but it also left me wanting … a stronger argument. What I mean is that Ways of Being is philosophical in spirit but not in discipline. There's so many links to be laid between Bridle's argument and philosophical currents of thought, but these are barely …