01 / PILLAR
Online Technology
How home Wi-Fi networks, browser cookies, verification codes, and cloud backups function. Demystifying the invisible infrastructure without jargon.
Chapters 1 & 7Foundation
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The Clear Line
Technology, in plain English
A large-print reference on modern technology and artificial intelligence. What the apps are doing, what they collect, and what you can close. A hardcover bound to lie flat across your table.
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— Online Technology
— Artificial Intelligence
— Apps and Devices
— What AI Collects
The Four Stamped Enquiries
Debossed on the buckram cover.
Answered inside in 248 pages.
The Clear Line does not chase Silicon Valley hype or throw confusing acronyms at you. It addresses the four everyday anxieties of modern technology in calm, verified English.
02 / PILLAR
Artificial Intelligence
What large language models actually do when they write or reply. How to spot computer-generated phone calls, deceptive clones, and AI summaries.
Chapters 2 & 6Analysis
03 / PILLAR
Apps and Devices
What phones, tablets, smart TVs, and voice assistants listen to and log in the background. Step-by-step instructions to turn off intrusive switches.
Chapters 3 & 4Audit & Control
04 / PILLAR
What AI Collects
The clear boundary between standard app functions and personal data harvesting. Photos, contacts, microphone telemetry, and how to keep them private.
Chapters 5 & 8Remediation
Physical Craftsmanship
A hardcover made to outlast your next five devices.
Modern digital guides disappear behind paywalls or vanish into software updates. The Clear Line is built as an archival reference you can leave open beside your keyboard or reading chair.
16-Point Typography
Set in large-scale Garamond with generous line-height. Never requires squinting, bright task lamps, or holding the page close.
Readable across the tableSmyth-Sewn Binding
Individually sewn cloth signatures rather than cheap glued spines. The book opens flat immediately and stays open on any desk.
Lies flat without weightsGenuine Gold Foil
Debossed double-line border frames, Metawise seal, and four raised spine bands stamped into heavyweight black buckram cloth.
Spine with 4 raised bands80-Pound Cream Stock
Acid-free, opaque warm cream paper that absorbs natural room light without eye-straining glare and prevents ink ghosting.
248 archival pages
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The Clear Line
Technology, in plain English
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A large-print hardcover on online technology and artificial intelligence. What the apps are doing, what a device shares, and what you can close. Written in plain English.
The page
Set to be read at the table
Every page of The Clear Line is 16-point, with wide margins and a short card at the end of each chapter. Here is a page from chapter two, on what artificial intelligence does.
Inside the book
Eight chapters, each one finished
The Clear Line is a large-print book on online technology and artificial intelligence. Published by Metawise and shipped in the United States.
- 01What online technology is
- 02What artificial intelligence does
- 03The apps on a phone
- 04What a device is sharing
- 05Photos, voice, and video
- 06When a machine writes the reply
- 07Accounts you can close
- 08A card to keep by the screen
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