Against Convenience

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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.

Against Convenience cuts through the noise, taking a hard look at the effect the services, apps and ideas that claim to simplify life are having on us as consumers and citizens: how do we spot convenience that is actually a false promise? How can we possibly live without them to live more sustainably? What real difference would it make?

An urgent call to re-examine our most 'convenient' choices, and the true cost of these to our minds, our peers, and our planet, award-winning journalist Gabe Bullard unpacks whether a slower, less convenient approach can, paradoxically, unlock a richer, more colourful existence.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241766378
Published: September 2026

Number of pages: 336
Width: 152 mm
Height: 234 mm
Depth: 26 mm

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd