James Bridle New dark age

technology, knowledge and the end of the future

"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...

Engels | 294 pagina's | Verso, New Left Books, London, Brooklyn, NY | 2018

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