New dark age : technology, knowledge and the end of the future /
Bridle, James,
New dark age : technology, knowledge and the end of the future / James Bridle. - NY Verso 2018 - 294 pages 22 cm
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world.
In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power use our lack of understanding to further their own interests. Despite the apparent accessibility of information, we’re living in a new Dark Age.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chasm -- Computation -- Climate -- Calculation -- Complexity -- Cognition -- Complicity -- Conspiracy -- Concurrency -- Cloud.
9781786635488 (pbk.) 9781786635471 (hbk.)
2018005480
Technology--Social aspects.
Big data--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Social change.
T14.5 / .B745 2018
303.483 BRI-J
New dark age : technology, knowledge and the end of the future / James Bridle. - NY Verso 2018 - 294 pages 22 cm
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world.
In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power use our lack of understanding to further their own interests. Despite the apparent accessibility of information, we’re living in a new Dark Age.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chasm -- Computation -- Climate -- Calculation -- Complexity -- Cognition -- Complicity -- Conspiracy -- Concurrency -- Cloud.
9781786635488 (pbk.) 9781786635471 (hbk.)
2018005480
Technology--Social aspects.
Big data--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Social change.
T14.5 / .B745 2018
303.483 BRI-J