Connection

Putting medieval Italian poets and Renaissance artists in conversation with contemporary philosophers and pop culture, this book traces the roots of our fascination with—and aversion to—technology.

Thrilling and fun. From Aristotle and Dante to Bono and adrienne maree brown, Dan Turello takes us to a wonderland where technology meets ideas.

Dan Turello has written an insightful reconsideration of humanity's use of technology. Erudite and thoughtful, Connection surveys examples from thirteenth-century Franciscan mystics to contemporary thinkers, tracing our continued engagement with technology as a feature of our being human. The book is inspiring reading for anyone concerned about technology's role in our lives today.

Connection is so enjoyably sweeping in its scope and plants seeds that will continue to bloom. How has technology shaped the human experience and what, above all, does it mean to be human? Connection challenges us to rethink our relationship with technology, not as something outside but a force that has always transformed the present; the hope—and its charge—is that we have the foresight to chart a wiser, more collaborative future.

Dan Turello is a writer, cultural historian, and photographer. His work has appeared in the Washington Post , Psyche , and the Los Angeles Review of Books , among others, as well as in scholarly journals. He is a Technology and Humanity Fellow at the Center for the Future of AI, Mind & Society at Florida Atlantic University.