Ego

"Frank Schirrmacher convincingly shows connections among such ostensibly disparate issues as the language of the Cold War and that of the trading floor, as he demonstrates how algorithms and statistical models have become the overwhelmingly dominant means we use to understand the brain, the market, the state and nature. In the end the human person becomes defined as a problem, because unable to be reduced to calculation in this way. This critique of contemporary egoism from the editor of Germany?s leading liberal conservative newspaper makes chilling but highly thought-provoking reading."
Colin Crouch, University of Warwick

"This book reads like a sociological thriller."
Ulrich Beck, Die Welt

"A piece of cultural criticism in the very best sense: a diagnosis, prognosis and cure all in one for our technologically induced egoism."
Der Tagesspiegel

"This book is an urgently needed appeal for us to rethink what we understand by economic rationality."
Handelsblatt

"In this new book, Frank Schirrmacher once again shows an extraordinary understanding of the volatility of our times, bringing into focus the widespread discontent felt in many sections of society."
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