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Deserted Devices and Wasted Fences is a captivating critique on consumer culture and the role technology plays, and can play, in our understanding of the world around us and ourselves. Dani Ploeger’s collection of essays offer a guided tour of items and memories, like a living memory box. These writings probe our relationships with devices and what they represent in our culture; from mobile phones to projectors, from smart fences to strap-on dildos. Ploeger’s provocation unravels from the journey of a device; to the intertwining of the human and non-human technology, shifting gears to the symbolism and mythology of military and state devices of control, closing with the cultural interaction with architectural decisions made in urban landscapes. Although seemingly grand, and without a doubt ambitious, in subject matter, Ploeger evokes the tone of memoir, incorporating reflections of his travels and personal happenings, with philosophical and political deliberation; bringing in key thinkers to ratify and expand his unique perspectives.