What is it like to be alive at the moment? How is our sense of self changed by what we experience? Can we even say there is such a thing as an indelible self of the kind envisioned by psychoanalyst Carl Jung? And, if so, what impact does technology have on it? The End of Absence by Michael Harris and The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr grapple with these fundamental, intriguing questions. Harris discusses "what we've lost in a world of constant connection", while Carr muses on how automation influences us. Both authors are concerned with the cyber revolution and how it has affected society and the self.
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机译：现在还活着是什么感觉？经历会如何改变我们的自我意识？我们甚至可以说有心理分析学家卡尔·荣格（Carl Jung）设想的那种不可磨灭的自我吗？而且，如果是这样，技术对其有何影响？迈克尔·哈里斯（Michael Harris）的《缺席的尽头》（End of Absence）和尼古拉斯·卡尔（Nicholas Carr）的《玻璃笼》（The Glass Cage）着迷于这些基本而有趣的问题。哈里斯讨论了“在不断联系的世界中我们失去了什么”，而卡尔则在思考自动化如何影响我们。两位作者都关注网络革命及其对社会和自我的影响。
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