Escape: How a generation shaped, destroyed and survived the internet

The internet was once a special place my friends and I had built for each other, but by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we had played a part in its destruction. Journalist Marie Le Conte was part of the millennial generation that grew up with the internet, and she explores the rise and demise of the internet, analyzing the lessons it has taught us and celebrating the tools it gives us to feel less alone.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2022
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd

Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I had built for each other; by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we had played a part in its destruction.

Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She had her first blog at twelve, a successful music website at fifteen, a Wikipedia page at seventeen, and now, at thirty, over 80,000 followers on Twitter. From MSN, Tumblr, and MySpace, to chat rooms, forums, and blogs; Marie is part of the millennial generation that grew up while the internet was growing up with them.

Where did it go all wrong? How did the internet go from a place where you went to escape real life to where real life is shaped? A place where you could be yourself and find like-minded people to a world of filters and ads? A place we are all now desperately trying to escape from?

Escape is a fascinating exploration of the rise and demise of the internet. It's a look back on the platforms, the people, and the online places. It's an analysis of the lessons being online has taught us, how the internet has changed us - and a celebration of the tools it gives us to feel less alone. The online generation have forever altered the world we live in, but is the internet still a place for the people that shaped it?

Weight: 418g
Dimension: 144 x 224 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788705158