'Witty, bracingly honest, deeply humane and piercingly insightful' PATRICK STOKES, AUTHOR OF DIGITAL SOULS

Technology affects every interaction, shapes our identities and constantly hijacks our attention. So how can we reclaim our power and feel less helpless at every stage of our lives?

In a world full of algorithms, addictive apps and data-driven adverts, it often feels as if the digital environment is determining our behaviour. We trace our steps, track our kids and share our lives online, without really knowing whether this technology is serving our best interests - or those of the people we love.

We speak as though technology is a powerful, unstoppable force and we are the victims. 'What is this technology doing to us?' we ask. But are we as helpless as we assume?

In Reboot, leading psychotherapist and cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket offers a novel approach to understanding technology's role at every stage of our lives. Journeying from digital gestation to the digital afterlife, through infancy, adolescence and adulthood, Kasket connects the dots between our technology usage and the challenges it poses to our identity and development, and to our relationships and privacy.

Via discussions of 'sharenting', surveillance and social media, Kasket reveals how we consistently underestimate our power to shape our relationships with and through technology. She invites us to question the auto-pilot approach that many of us adopt and instead move forward in a more deliberate, mindful and empowered way.

Come away curious about why you use technology the way you do, clear about how those choices are really working out and with the tools to reclaim your life in a tech-obsessed world.

About the Author
ELAINE KASKET is a psychologist, speaker and writer, and an expert on the modern challenges and opportunities brought about by technology. Speaking about life, relationships, privacy and the power of big tech, Elaine appears frequently in the mainstream media as well as on podcasts and at major festivals. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She also serves as an Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Wolverhampton. All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of your Personal Data (2019) was her first book for a general audience. A reformed 'sharenter' when it comes to her own child, Elaine is a passionate believer in our right to control personal information and tell our stories.

Reviews

'A critical reminder that, at every stage of life, we get to choose our relationship with technology - and our choices shape our humanity. Kasket's book is a roadmap filled with generous possibilities.' LUKE BURGIS, AUTHOR OF WANTING

'Digital technologies aren't just transforming every area of life. They're transforming us, and this book, examining the psychological, social and technological intersections of this transformation, couldn't be more timely.' CATHERINE MAYER, AUTHOR OF GOOD GRIEF

'Witty, bracingly honest, deeply humane and piercingly insightful' PATRICK STOKES, AUTHOR OF DIGITAL SOULS

'Reboot is an incredibly well researched and entertaining book. Kasket has the ability to illustrate complex research areas through engaging, human stories that often reach all the way into your heart. As a recent parent, this book really made me reevaluate the way I use technology around my family. I do research on the impact of digital technology for a living. Even so, this is undoubtedly one of the most thought-provoking books I've read this year.' CARL OEHMAN, AUTHOR OF THE AFTERLIFE OF DATA

Book Information
ISBN 9781783967568
Author Elaine Kasket
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Elliott & Thompson Limited
Publisher Elliott & Thompson Limited