This book examines how digital technologies are changing the meaning of life for individuals

Digital technologies have transformed the way we live. My generation grew up without email. It did not exist back then. I remember the first few times I used the Internet to connect virtually to the world. I soon learnt about email (not too long before Sabeer Bhatia made Hotmail a common household name). I continue to use email to date, and I’m sure most, if not all, of you do so too.

The advent of email has transformed communication. For modern generations, using digital technologies to communicate their thoughts instantly includes WhatsApp or Instagram. I don’t think the modern generation can relate to the world that existed before the Internet. In that world, one had to wait days to communicate or deeply express their thoughts. At family gatherings, people would share pictures of their vacations, graduation ceremonies, birthday parties, newborns in the family and so on. Today, it happens instantly through social media networks. Digital technologies have ushered in the transformation of our lives in a manner that is markedly different from even about fifty years ago. In many ways, digital transformation makes one think about its impacts on us. But who is us? More generally, what is life?

Digital technologies are fundamentally transforming...

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