Publication Date: 01/09/2022 ISBN: 9781788705158 Category:

Escape

Marie Le Conte

Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Publication Date: 01/09/2022 ISBN: 9781788705158 Category:
Hardback

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‘Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I had built for each other; by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we’d played a part in its destruction.’

Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She had her first blog at twelve, a successful music website at fifteen, a Wikipedia page at seventeen and now, at thirty, over 80,000 followers on Twitter. From MSN, Tumblr and MySpace, to chat rooms, forums and blogs; Marie is part of the millennial generation that grew up while the internet was growing up with them.

Where did it go all wrong? How did the internet go from a place where you went to escape real life to where real life is shaped? A place where you could be yourself and find like-minded people to a world of filters and ads? A place we are all now desperately trying to escape from?

Escape is a fascinating exploration of the rise and demise of the internet. It’s a look back on the platforms, the people and the online places. It’s an analysis of the lessons being online has taught us, how the internet has changed us – and a celebration of the tools it gives us to feel less alone. The online generation have forever altered the world we live in, but is the internet still a place for the people that shaped it?

Publisher Review

'Marie Le Conte is one of the most compelling thinkers we have on the internet age and what it's doing to us. She's truly lived it, and her scars are memorably and fascinatingly described in Escape.' -- WILL STORR 'A great dissection of how the internet fundamentally messed up the generations.' -- MOLLIE GOODFELLOW 'A sharply intelligent, funny and necessary look at how the internet is affecting us all. Whether you're extremely online or hate Twitter (or both), this is a fascinating read.' -- STEVIE MARTIN 'Marie Le Conte is the voice of the generation. Escape is exposing, enthralling and deeply personal reading for all of us who grew up online. Capturing the joy and pain of teenage angst against the freedom and horror of the World Wide Web, this book is urgent reading for anyone trying to understand their own past, and the internet's future.' -- FERN RIDDELL

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