Laurence Scott's The Four-Dimensional Human – Tech Weekly podcast

We know that digital technology has radically reshaped our lives. But is it also changing our ideas of who we are?

A new book by author Laurence Scott looks at some of the strange side-effects of the digitisation of our lives. It's called The Four-Dimensional Human, and in it Scott picks apart some of the jarring new realities posed by the hyper-connectivity of our everyday lives. He argues that as moments of our lives audition for their moment of digital glory we are increasingly projecting ourselves into a shimmering fourth dimension online, allowing us to exist in several places at once.

But as our treasured experiences are fed into our social platforms, can we ever experience the present in the same way? What does it mean to become the PR representative for yourself, continually attending to your brand across multiple platforms? Scott joins Olly Mann to explore the shadowlands where our photogenic breakfasts meet our awkward silences and leave us with a sense of unease at the digital takeover of our lives.

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