The 4th revolution: How the Infosphere is reshaping Human reality
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016Description: xvi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780199606726
- 303.4833 FLO-F .SP
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Time : hyperhistory -- Space : infosphere -- Identity: onlife -- Self-understanding : the four revolutions -- Privacy : informational friction -- Intelligence : inscribing the world -- Agency : enveloping the world -- Politics : the rise of the multi-agent systems -- Environment : the digital gambit -- Ethics : e-nvironmentalism.
"Is the informational world of smartphones and social media changing who we are and how we relate to others and the environment? Are we becoming informational organisms or 'inforgs', deeply enmeshed in a globe-spanning 'infosphere'? Luciano Floridi thinks so. In this exciting and provocative book, he considers the deep implications of a future--almost upon us even now--in which we are always online, and the barriers between reality and the virtual world finally dissolve. We are in the midst of a fourth revolution, he argues, a revolution set to change our sense of self, our relationships, society, politics, and wars. We need to understand these changes and revise our ethics to reap the benefits and avoid the risks of this brave, new world"--Back cover.
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