{"product_id":"lonely-century","title":"Lonely Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''If we could issue a reading list to 10 Downing Street, I''d put this book near the top.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Explosive, timely and urgent''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Revealing, empathetic and timely''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJONATHAN FREEDLAND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliant, powerful and hopeful''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHILIPPA PERRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven before a global pandemic introduced us to terms like social distancing, loneliness was already becoming the defining condition of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it''s also one we have the power to reverse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining a decade of research with first-hand reporting, Noreena Hertz takes us from a ''how to communicate in real life'' class for smartphone-addicted university students to bouncy castles at Belgian far-right gatherings, from paying for cuddles in the U.S. to nursing home residents knitting bonnets for their robot caregivers in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Century\u003c\/i\u003e explores how our increasing dependence on technology, radical changes to the workplace and decades of policies that have placed self-interest above the collective good are damaging our communities and making us more isolated than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith bold solutions for us as individuals as well as for businesses and governments, Noreena Hertz offers a hopeful and empowering vision for how to heal our fractured world and come together again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Causing a deserved stir''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''Read it, then pass it onto a friend''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLIE BROOKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317199085950,"sku":"NW9781529329278","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529329278.jpg?v=1778649857","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/lonely-century","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}