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The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World

by Adam Waytz
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The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World
The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World

Reclaiming humanity in a dehumanized world.

If you've felt disconnected or worried about where technology is taking our human connections, "The Power of Human" might speak to you. Adam Waytz digs into the pressing issue of how modern life seems to strip away our human interactions, yet he also offers a hopeful perspective on reclaiming that lost connection. It's not just an analysis; it's a guide to enhancing your life by nurturing the human element in your daily interactions, potentially transforming your view of work, technology, and relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World

by Adam Waytz
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ISBN: 9780393358186
Authors: Adam Waytz
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Date of Publication: 2020-08-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Sociology, Personal Development
Related Topics: Psychology, Social Issues
Goodreads rating: 3.84
(rated by 61 readers)

Description

The unprecedented access to other humans that technology provides has ironically freed us from engaging with them. Thanks to social media, we can know a campaigning politician’s platform; an avid traveler’s restaurant recommendations; and the daily emotional fluctuations of our friends without ever even picking up the phone. According to social psychologist Adam Waytz, our increasingly human-free lives come with a serious cost that we’ve already begun to pay: the loss of our humanity. Humans have superpowers. More than any other psychological stimulus, our presence can make experiences feel significant, inspire moral behavior, and encourage action. Recent studies suggest that we even have power over mortality—the survival rate of individuals with stronger social relationships has been found to be twice as high as those with weak relationships. The Power of Human shows us how to rehumanize and harness these unique abilities to improve our lives, beginning with our jobs. The remedy for the dehumanized worker is twofold. Employers, Waytz argues, must instill humanity into work by capitalizing on distinctly human skills, especially sociability and variability. Meanwhile, workers need to put to rest the idea that you are what you do and instead detach their personal identities from their occupations. Waytz offers a similarly science-based method to counter the rising threat that technology poses to our humanity, outlining how we can design human-machine partnerships that optimize the strengths of both parties. Finally, he reveals how
 

Reclaiming humanity in a dehumanized world.

If you've felt disconnected or worried about where technology is taking our human connections, "The Power of Human" might speak to you. Adam Waytz digs into the pressing issue of how modern life seems to strip away our human interactions, yet he also offers a hopeful perspective on reclaiming that lost connection. It's not just an analysis; it's a guide to enhancing your life by nurturing the human element in your daily interactions, potentially transforming your view of work, technology, and relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.