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Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality
Elias Aboujaoude
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Description for Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality
Paperback. "Instantly engaging and eminently accessible .. an enlightening and cautionary exploration of an increasingly intrusive aspect of modern society." -Booklist Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JMS; UB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
While the Internet can enhance well-being, Elias Aboujaoude has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it. Part of the danger lies in how the Internet allows us to act with exaggerated confidence, sexiness, and charisma. Aboujaoude dubs this new self our “e-personality” and argues that its traits are too potent to be confined online. Offline, too, we’re becoming impatient, unfocused, and urge-driven. Virtually You draws from Aboujaoude’s personal and professional experience to highlight this new phenomenon. The first scrutiny of the virtual world’s transformative power on our psychology, Virtually You demonstrates how real life is ... Read more
While the Internet can enhance well-being, Elias Aboujaoude has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it. Part of the danger lies in how the Internet allows us to act with exaggerated confidence, sexiness, and charisma. Aboujaoude dubs this new self our “e-personality” and argues that its traits are too potent to be confined online. Offline, too, we’re becoming impatient, unfocused, and urge-driven. Virtually You draws from Aboujaoude’s personal and professional experience to highlight this new phenomenon. The first scrutiny of the virtual world’s transformative power on our psychology, Virtually You demonstrates how real life is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780393340549
SKU
V9780393340549
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About Elias Aboujaoude
Elias Aboujaoude, MD, a Stanford University psychiatrist, earned an MD from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco.
Reviews for Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality
"A unique psychiatrist's perspective and an urgent wake-up call."
Kirkus Reviews "A book that not only has been needed for several years but could become a modern classic."
Alan F. Schatzberg, American Psychiatric Association
Kirkus Reviews "A book that not only has been needed for several years but could become a modern classic."
Alan F. Schatzberg, American Psychiatric Association