Book

The Great Irony of Technology

Non-fiction book written for a popular audience. 

Premise is the observation that technology has left most people in the US significantly better off than 20, 50, or 100 years ago, but paradoxically feeling worse.

Book then examines how this Irony is variously manifested in ~15 US subgroups, across class, race, gender, geography, educational, and other factors. Book concludes that root cause of this dynamic is an interplay between how human nature shapes adoption of technology, and discusses this root cause in some depth, as well as raising possible solutions. 

Makes the point that if this dynamic continues into the future, the accelerating trends in technology across many areas are likely to lead to a rapid erosion of human quality of life, but that this may be avoidable if it is recognized and addressed.

The book is currently about 110,000 words (~350 pages). About 95% complete, but undergoing a modest rewrite. Accepted for publication by Brill Press in 2024. Foreword by Tony Aghazarian.