Screenshot (2020)
2020
208 pages
Non-Fiction
Current Affairs
Essay
Screenshot – an essay on our worship of technology and its impact on human identity and our collective perception of the future – almost not as pretentious as it sounds –
Have we all been uploaded to the cloud? In Screenshot, Bergur Ebbi sets out to look at technology from a human perspective. Or humanity from a technological perspective. What are the connections between fake news and artificial intelligence? How does it feel to live in a world where all our thoughts are categorized, rated, and commented on? Ancient people feared the world would end in fire and destruction — but what if it doesn’t? Maybe what we should fear is that nothing will ever be deleted or forgotten again. A clever and informative journey through the conundrums of modern life. Guaranteed to set your mind spinning.Screenshot (2020)
Screenshot – an essay on our worship of technology and its impact on human identity and our collective perception of the future – almost not as pretentious as it sounds –
Reviews
Bergur Ebbi is the new type of writer that plays with moods – drawing culture, politics, morals and the mundane in to one mix; for a better perspective of what is happening in the world.
JON GNARR
When Bergur Ebbi talks, you shut up, because he’s either about to say something fun or something interesting and most likely both.
HUGLEIKUR DAGSSON
Screenshot is entertaining, philosophical, funny and in parts quite alarming.
MORGUNBLADID DAILY
This is the book that was needed, a young guide to the modernity that is in the making ... Bergur Ebbi is an amusing writer, funny, genuine, sharp and full of enthusiasm of the monster that mankind is currently creating. He produces bittersweet tales of his own life and of tragic yet funny times.
HALLGRIMUR HELGASON, AUTHOR (ON ROOM TEMPERATURE)
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