'GeoTechnoGraphy' book offers cold comfort in the rise of digital tech

From Big Tech's grip on daily life to the rise of new tribalism, the perils of digital technology are all too clear. Samir Saran & Anirban Sarma's book is bound to jolt you from complacency

GEOTECHNOGRAPHY: Mapping Power and Identity in the Digital Age

Author: Samir Saran & Anirban Sarma

Publisher: Penguin/Viking

Pages: 201

Price: ₹699

 

This book is sweeping in its scope and in terms of the trends and ideas it explores and examines. It looks at how technology is reshaping our world — from its impact on communities to civic engagement and to the way it even blurs geographical boundaries. And to explore and understand these, it does not merely stick to geography, technology and current times — it goes back in history, primarily European history, to examine the impact of Magna Carta on England and the