Superbloom: How Technology Is Destroying Society and Driving Us Crazy – Carr Nicholas – Alpina Publisher – 2027 – ISBN 978-5-00223-694-7
Superbloom: How Technology Is Destroying Society and Driving Us Crazy
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Superbloom: How Technology Is Destroying Society and Driving Us Crazy
14.99 €
From the telegraph in the 19th century to social media today, the public has always welcomed the advent of new communication technologies, believing that the more opportunities for communication, the better for society! Rich in surprising psychological insights and striking historical examples, Superblooming demonstrates in detail why and how this optimism has become one of the fundamental problems of our time. The more efficient and automated our communications become, the more foggy our minds become and the more misunderstandings arise within our collective lives. Our psyches, it turns out, are ill-adapted to the riotous "superbloom" of information that overwhelms us all in the modern world.
Technology researcher Nicholas Carr redefines the debate about the development of communications media, challenging even the most placid notions about the benefits of self-expression, free speech, and the democratization of media. It shows how rich meaning is lost in instant messaging, how empathy declines in the face of digital overcrowding, how pointless conflicts mount over online political debates, and, finally, how advances in artificial intelligence further blur the already tenuous line between fiction and reality. "Superbloom" is a sweeping panorama of how media shapes society, and simultaneously a close look at the fate of the individual in the era of their sudden migration into virtual space.
Technology researcher Nicholas Carr redefines the debate about the development of communications media, challenging even the most placid notions about the benefits of self-expression, free speech, and the democratization of media. It shows how rich meaning is lost in instant messaging, how empathy declines in the face of digital overcrowding, how pointless conflicts mount over online political debates, and, finally, how advances in artificial intelligence further blur the already tenuous line between fiction and reality. "Superbloom" is a sweeping panorama of how media shapes society, and simultaneously a close look at the fate of the individual in the era of their sudden migration into virtual space.
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