Gillian “Gus” Andrews. Keep Calm and Log On: Your Handbook for Surviving the Digital Revolution. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020. 368p. Paperback, $24.95 (ISBN 978-0262538763).

Abstract

A co-worker and I have a saying among ourselves: There ought to be a booklet about this stuff. Gillian “Gus” Andrews has attempted to write a booklet on a hot version of this stuff: the whole internet. It is an admirable attempt, but a gut instinct is to roll one’s eyes at the attempt. Can one write a (368-page) booklet on emotionally, technologically, socially, and politically navigating the quagmire that the modern web has become?