Name: THE HUMAN LOAD. Why Modern Life Feels Heavier Than It Should (en Inglés)
SKU: 67270176
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Author: Dwayne Walter
ISBN: 9781506915777

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THE HUMAN LOAD. Why Modern Life Feels Heavier Than It Should (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

First Edition Design Publishing

Autor

Dwayne Walter

Año

2026

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

116

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6x14x0.6 cm

ISBN13

9781506915777

THE HUMAN LOAD. Why Modern Life Feels Heavier Than It Should (en Inglés)

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The Human Load examines why modern life feels increasingly heavy even in the absence of obvious hardship. Rather than treating stress, burnout, and anxiety as personal or medical failures, the book argues that they are structural consequences of living inside systems that demand constant attention, choice, evaluation, and self-management.

Tracing the shift from small, bounded human worlds to technologically saturated environments, the book identifies the cumulative cognitive and emotional pressures placed on a mind that did not evolve for continuous vigilance. It then turns forward, rejecting both technological panic and nostalgia, and argues that advanced technology-if consciously designed-can reduce drudgery, protect civilization, and restore human attention to what matters most. At its core, The Human Load is a diagnosis of modern weight and a call to design a future worthy of human sentience.

Dwayne Walter writes on civilization, intelligence, and the psychological costs of modern awareness. His work explores how minds, societies, and technologies evolve under pressure-and what is gained, lost, or destabilized in the process.
He has lived and worked across multiple countries and writes from sustained engagement with Chinese, Russian, and Western intellectual traditions. He is a polyglot and speaks Chinese and Russian, along with French, Japanese , and Spanish.

Keywords - Modernity, Attention, Cognitive Load, Technology and Society, Human Sentience, Psychological Strain, Systems and Design, Surveillance and Evaluation, Acceleration, Civilizational Resilience