The Extinction of Experience

‘A passionate case for the human experiences which are central to a truly vibrant and meaningful existence’ OLIVER BURKEMAN

‘Christine Rosen finds the words I’ve longer for … an extremely important book’ JONATHAN HAIDT

Human experiences are disappearing.

Community is now found online; schools prioritise typing; and with headphones in and eyes glued to our phones, we’ve even obliterated boredom. Convenient and entertaining, certainly, but with each technological embrace we risk becoming more machine-like ourselves.

There is a healthier, wiser and more humane way.

In this insightful reckoning of modern life and its acutely modern malady, Christine Rosen reveals the true cost of our digital age – and shows us how to return to the real world, while we still can.

‘Illuminating … well-argued and well-principled’ TELEGRAPH, BEST BOOK OF 2025

‘Essential reading in a dislocated world’ KATHERINE MAY

‘Razor-sharp’ THE TIMES

‘Christine Rosen is one of America’s best writers and thinkers’ WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Author Biography

Christine Rosen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a columnist for Commentary magazine, senior editor at the New Atlantis and fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advance Studies in Culture. She is the author of six books, including My Fundamentalist Education, which was chosen as a Washington Post Nonfiction Book of the Year. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, Slate, Los Angeles Times, Politico and more. She lives in Washington, DC.