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An electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world, by bestselling, Women's Prize-winning writer Naomi Alderman

'Alderman is one of our most surprising and delightful public intellectuals, and this book grapples wonderfully with our current schisms and their historical precedents' JON RONSON

'Alderman helps us see…

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This is not a book that scolds you. That’s part of its power. Naomi Alderman doesn’t wag her finger or declare herself morally superior. She does something far worse (and better): she recognizes the impulse. The pleasure. The little rush that comes with being on the “right side” of outrage. And then she calmly explains why that rush has historically ended in bonfires.

The essays move between witch trials, social media pile-ons, feminism, power, religion, and storytelling, but the throughline is simple: humans love certainty, and we love punishing people even more—especially when we can call it justice. Alderman’s great…

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