‘Gaia Bernstein’s UNWIRED offers a compelling roadmap for tackling one of our most pressing problems: the irresistible pull of technology. Over the course of our lives, we and our children will spend between fifteen and twenty years glued to our screens. As Bernstein shows, though, there are regulatory remedied at hand to help us retain our time and our wellbeing.’ – Adam Alter, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, NYU Stern School of Business, author of Irresitible and Drunk Tank Pink
‘In this important and powerful book, Gaia Bernstein shows us how to reclaim our power and our humanity from the Big Tech cartel that have intentionally addicted us to their devices and platforms,’ – Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., author of Glow Kids and Digital Madness, former Clinical Professor, Stony Brook Medicine
‘Inviting and intelligent, Gaia Bernstein’s extraordinary book masterfully combines honest personal reflections about her experiences with the creep of digital tech together with a sobering academic account of our collective public struggles to deal with technologies designed to addict, manipulate, and even control our behavior. Throughout, Bernstein maintains a can-do attitude that inspires change.’ – Brett Frischmann, The Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, Villanova University School of Law
‘UNWIRED is a powerful rejoinder to voices that would seek to minimize the threat technological manipulations poses to human freedom. But Gaia Bernstein goes beyond a mere accounting of the harms and proposes systematic changes that can help us take back control. Comprehensive in its scope and clear-eyed in its analysis, Unwired is an indispensible guide to the landscape of digital technology reform. Anyone who cares about the future of technology should read this book,’ – James Williams, author of Stand Out of Our Light
