Lowry Pressly

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year "It is a radiantly original contribution to a conversation gravely in need of new thinking." –Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker A visionary reexamination of the value of privacy in today's hypermediated world—not just as a political right but as the key to a life worth living. The parts of our lives that...

"A probing critique of a modern public sphere that overwhelms the private realm . . . Pressly offers a unique vision of what can be gained by stepping back from the outside world, and the screens that try to possess us." -John Kaag, The Atlantic A visionary reexamination of the value of privacy in today's hypermediated world—not just as a...