{"product_id":"look-out-1","title":"Look Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Exams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUncommon Measures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLook Out \u003c\/i\u003eis a profound and prismatic investigation of taking the long view.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook Out\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation of long-distance mapping, aerial photography, and top-down perspectives—from pre–Civil War America to our vexed modern times of drone warfare, hyper-surveillance at home and abroad, and quarantine and protest. Blending history, reporting, personal experience, and accounts of activists, programmers, spies, architects, artists, and entrepreneurs, Edward McPherson reveals that to see is to control—and the stakes are high for everyone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aerial view—a position known in Greek as the catascopos, or “the looker-down”—is a fundamentally privileged perspective, inaccessible to those left on the ground. To the earthbound, (in)sights from such rarified heights convey power and authority. McPherson casts light on our fetishization of distance as a path to truth and considers the awe and apocalypse of taking the long view.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57304204149118,"sku":"NW9781662602955","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781662602955.jpg?v=1780669440","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/look-out-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}