James Bridle new book 'Ways of Seeing' receives critical acclaim across the world.

 

In 2022, artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle has released his second book Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence to critical acclaim. Published by Penguin Books in the UK and Farrar, Strauss, Giroux in the US, there are plans to translate the book into various languages in 2023.

Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence—plant, animal, human, artificial—and how they transform our understanding of humans' place in the cosmos.

 

Brian Eno

“Iridescently original, deeply disorientating and yet somehow radically hopeful… worth reading and re-reading”

 

Featuring a foreword by Brian Eno, the book has received exceedingly good reviews worldwide:

New York Times
"A heady and often astonishing survey of recent discoveries from the “more-than-human” world... Spanning millenniums, continents and academic disciplines, the scope of Bridle’s curiosity and comprehension is immense..." Read the full article here

Washington Post
"Please read this book. Read it twice. Tell everyone you know." Read the full article here.

Jane Goodall
“Be prepared to re-evaluate your relationship with the amazing life forms with whom we share the planet. Fascinating, innovative and thought-provoking”

Hans Ulrich Obrist
'Brilliant ... Bridle shows the importance of listening to one another and our surroundings, and of creating new forms of community'

The Economist
“In making clear the patience, imagination and humility required to better know and protect other forms of intelligence on Earth, Bridle has made an admirable contribution to the dawning interspecies age.”


Here are just a few ways to satisfy your curiously for James Bridle’s new work -

Listen to a short introduction to his book on Soundcloud.

Watch his fireside chat with Brian Eno.

Listen to his interview with STRP Conference.

Buy the book.

Or book James Bridle for a talk.

Deborah Rey-Burns