Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World

揭露數位陷阱
奪回焦慮世代的未來主導權


我們生活在一個數位世界中。30 年來，隨著我們上線，創造了連結、跨越了邊界，並發現了嶄新的世界。我們做到了過去幾代人無法想像的事情。

但，代價是什麼？

作為 Z 世代的成員，愛黛兒（Adele）在青少年時期花了無數小時瀏覽社群媒體，這塑造了她對自我與世界的看法。作為自由記者，她運用社群平台與數位科技，在陌生且競爭激烈的行業中開闢了自己的職涯，享受了這些空間帶來的機會。然而，在因網路傷害失去親妹妹後，她深刻意識到：當前的數位世界正在背叛我們。

我們是一個焦慮且不滿足的世代。我們的現實生活與網路脆弱性密不可分，而這正是社群媒體巨頭的黃金商機——他們不惜一切讓我們不停滑動。當大型科技公司靠操縱我們的情緒、本能、不安與欲望賺取數十億美元時，普通人卻在這場遊戲中不斷失去。

從被演算法解僱的員工、鼓勵復仇色情與自殺的網路論壇，到邊緣化聲音的審查、以及人工智慧帶來的動盪影響，《離線：奪回我們的數位未來》(暫譯)揭露了這個數位世界正加劇的各種危機——而唯有同理心、主體性與人性，才能帶來解方。

「動人、及時且敏銳，《離線》深入檢視數位科技如何塑造並永遠改變我們的生活。」

——約米．阿德戈克（Yomi Adegoke，《The List》作者）

'You won't look at your screens in the same way after reading this book' Grace Blakeley, author of VULTURE CAPITALISM

'Logging Off is a life-saving book' Mikaela Loach, author of IT'S NOT THAT RADICAL

'A harrowing but important read' Carole Cadwalladr

We live in a digital world. In the 30 years since we've been online, we've created connections, crossed boundaries and discovered new worlds. We have done things generations before us could never have imagined.

But at what cost?

Growing up as a Gen Z, Adele spent endless hours as a teenager on social media, shaping her view of herself and the world. As a freelance journalist, she has used her social media platforms and digital technology to develop a career in an unfamiliar and competitive industry, benefitting from the opportunities that these spaces can offer. But after losing her sister to online harms, she realised that our current digital world is failing us.

We are an anxious and discontent generation. Our lived realities and our online vulnerabilities are inextricably linked, and this means big business for social media tycoons who want us to stay scrolling at any cost. As Big Tech barons make their billions, capitalising on our emotions, instincts, insecurities and desires, everyday people are losing out.

From workers being fired by algorithms, to online forums dedicated to revenge porn and encouraging suicide, to censorship of marginalised voices and the turbulent impacts of AI, Logging Off reveals that our digital world is currently fuelling crises that only empathy, agency and humanity can resolve. This book is a call for a radical reclamation of our digital world, for a more humane future that empowers us all.

'Poignant, timely and astute, Logging Off is a compelling examination of how our lives have been shaped - and irrevocably changed - by the rise of digital technologies' Yomi Adegoke, author of THE LIST