New Dark Age

This narration is a warm, reflective walk through the unsettling side of technological progress—how it can concentrate power, deepen inequality, strain the planet’s infrastructure, erode privacy, and amplify misinformation. Rather than rejecting technology, it encourages a steadier kind of literacy: the ability to ask clear questions about what digital systems do, who benefits, and what they cost.

Across seven chapters, the focus stays practical and human. Listeners are invited to notice subtle forms of dependence, to consider the social and ethical blind spots created by automation and speed, and to think compassionately about how society might respond—with accountability, regulation, and personal habits that restore a sense of agency.

• Listeners who feel uneasy about the digital world—surveillance, misinformation, addiction, and the sense that technology is “deciding” too much.
• Students, workers, and citizens who want language for asking better questions about who holds power in modern systems, and how to advocate for fairness.
• Anyone seeking gentle, doable ways to reset their relationship with phones, social media, and online information.

This audio summary draws on ideas commonly associated with writer and artist James Bridle, including the quoted passages included in the provided text. The narration itself is an adaptation of the supplied chapter content, reshaped for a warm and listenable experience.