{"product_id":"the-internet-will-die-and-so-will-you-on-learning-to-live-in-our-digital-age-hardcover","title":"The Internet Will Die, and So Will You: On Learning to Live in Our Digital Age - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn West\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo live meaningfully in a digital age, we must reckon with impermanence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's rot in the foundation of the web. A cherished blog vanishes while an adolescent fan page refuses to stay deleted. Supreme Court citations disappear while AI-generated spam grows like weeds, feeding ever-more-ravenous algorithms. The \"cloud\" shrouds the messy reality of our digital lives: We will die, and so will everything we make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Internet Will Die, and So Will You\u003c\/i\u003e, Pulitzer-winning journalist and technologist John West blends incisive reporting, cultural critique, and philosophical meditation to reveal how we arrived at this uncanny moment--following tunnel fires to link rot and tracing defunct anime tributes to large language models. Drawing on Mary Oliver and John Green, Bach cantatas and TikTok memes, Ecclesiastes and Instagram captions, West charts a path forward. We can reclaim depth over breadth, the sabbath over the scroll, and the agency to remember and forget on our own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttention is precious and our lives are fleeting. As currently designed, the web hides these truths. Platforms sell the illusion of infinite feeds, perfect memory, and frictionless abundance. But only when we acknowledge the internet's mortality--and our own--can life online have genuine meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn West \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and technologist. He reports the news with code at the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, where his work has won multiple awards, including two Pulitzer prizes. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLessons and Carols: A Meditation on Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.59 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46184768733228,"sku":"9780802885425","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/oanXFXGg-C9780802885425.webp?v=1789609887","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/the-internet-will-die-and-so-will-you-on-learning-to-live-in-our-digital-age-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}