Richard Seymour has a brilliant mind and a compelling style. Everything he writes is worth reading.' – Gary younge, editor-at-large, guardian 'a brilliant, urgent, game-changing intervention.' – China Miéville, author of October: the story of the Russian Revolution 'a brilliant and provocative reassessment of a technology that has become apparently indispensable to modern life.' – Daniel thrilling, editor of new humanist and author of lights in the distance 'if you really want to set yourself free you should read a book - preferably this one.' – observer, book of the week 'a thrilling demonstration of what [resistance] can look like... Everyone should read it.' – guardian 'clever, and alarming... A first tentative vision of what a neo-luddite response to our predicament might look like.' – spectator 'seymour's compulsively argued book may just be the intervention we all need.' – tatler.Com.