Against Convenience
The Costs of Our Everyday Choices & How to Make Better Ones
$28.48
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
A rousing call to question the cost of convenience and find a slower, more sustainable alternative.
Are we paying too high a price for ‘easy’? When just about anything we want is a few taps away, why does it feel like something in our lives is missing?
From dinner delivered to your door in minutes, to relationships mediated by apps, we’ve always valued innovations that make life easier. But every convenience has a cost; if we don’t pay it, someone else has to.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241766378 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241766370 |
| Author: | Gabe Bullard |
| Publisher: | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Imprint: | DK RED |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 412g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 152mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
Against Convenience is a wake-up call. Effort and friction aren’t obstacles to a good life – they’re essential to it. * Jennifer Wallace, New York Times bestselling author of Mattering *
Living ain’t easy. Convenience gimmicks repress this truth, increase labor and weaken vital connections. Gabe Bullard’s rigorously researched and vibrantly written book exposes the ideology of frictionlessness and offers a blueprint for living deliberately, even if that’s a little hard. * Anna Kornbluh, author of Immediacy *
What’s the real cost of ordering DoorDash again? Gabe Bullard’s sharp and witty new book considers modern ‘conveniences’ like self-checkout, Uber and the Starbucks app, what actually makes them possible – and why we’re all the worse for their rise. You’ll want to take a good long time reading this one. * Brian Merchant, author of Blood In The Machine *
Convenience has become one of the defining values of our age. In this smart, engaging book, Gabe Bullard reveals what it costs us – and why a little friction may be exactly what we need. * Dana Thomas, author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes *
Gabe Bullard
Gabe Bullard is a Nieman Journalism Fellow with twenty years of experience in journalism. He was instrumental in launching NPR’s talk show 1A and later served as Managing Producer for NPR’s Here & Now. His writing has been featured in The Washington Post, 99% Invisible, and Smithsonian Magazine.
Bullard also contributes a column on technology to Nieman Reports, a publication focused on media. He offers consulting services for radio programs and podcasts and is a co-founder of Together, Alone, an online magazine dedicated to television criticism.
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