Abstract
Nolen Gertz's
Nihilism and Technology
is a commendable book the analyzes the human-technology relations by applying Nietzsche's nihilistic views to technology. By exploring the intertwinement of technology and nihilism, the book underscores its thesis that technologies are our means of escapism from the meaninglessness of our lives. This book turns away from the technophilic and technophobic views of technology and instead moves us toward questioning "how technologies both shape and are the result of... ideological definitions" (Gertz, 2018, p. 7). This is an awakening read that leaves the readers pondering over the numbing effects of technologies.