Review of my book, ‘Distracted from Meaning’, in the Journal ‘Teaching Philosophy’

Thanks to Antonio L. Sartori for investing the time to write a thought-provoking (and long) review of my book, Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones. The review is in the journal Teaching Philosophy (46 no. 4, December 2023, pp. 589-594).

I don’t use “thought-provoking” lightly here. Sartori’s review showed me some things about my book that had not occurred to me. For example, he makes interesting observations about why I found a particular group of philosophers to be useful in writing about our current technological predicament. I think he is correct, and what he says hadn’t occurred to me. I believe I was simply drawn to these philosophers organically, because they enabled me to say what I wanted to say. This is a fascinating bit of self-discovery, for which I owe thanks to Sartori.