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The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
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- 9780871406613
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0871406616
ISBN-13
9780871406613
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211774264
Product Key Features
Book Title
Internet of Us : Knowing more and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Social, Epistemology, Internet / General, Logic, Information Technology
Genre
Computers, Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-051171
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Lynch effectively presents the case for rationality against factional loyalties and insists that there should be vigorous promotion of scientific methods and thinking in public discourse. . . . An excellent, much-needed contribution to the constant battle to sort truth from falsity., Lynch's basic argument is that if we understand better the conditions under which knowledge is produced and disseminated--conditions he explores clearly and cogently--then we will become more 'responsible' knowers., [Lynch] pursues his argument with commendable seriousness, clarity, and attunement to historical context....He has written an intelligent book that struggles honestly with important questions: Is the net turning us into passive knowers? Is it degrading our ability to reason? What can we do about this?, [A] fascinating new book...Lynch has been writing about this topic for a long time, and passionately.
Dewey Decimal
001
Synopsis
With far-reaching implications, this urgent treatise promises to revolutionize our understanding of what it means to be human in the digital age., We used to say "seeing is believing"; now, googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world's information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the library or the encyclopedia shelf in search of answers. We just open our browsers, type in a few keywords and wait for the information to come to us. Now firmly established as a pioneering work of modern philosophy, The Internet of Us has helped revolutionize our understanding of what it means to be human in the digital age. Indeed, demonstrating that knowledge based on reason plays an essential role in society and that there is more to "knowing" than just acquiring information, leading philosopher Michael P. Lynch shows how our digital way of life makes us value some ways of processing information over others, and thus risks distorting the greatest traits of mankind. Charting a path from Plato's cave to Google Glass, the result is a necessary guide on how to navigate the philosophical quagmire that is the "Internet of Things.", We used to say "seeing is believing"; now googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world's information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the library or the encyclopedia shelf in search of answers. We just open our browsers, type in a few keywords and wait for the information to come to us. Indeed, the Internet has revolutionized the way we learn and know, as well as how we interact with each other. And yet this explosion of technological innovation has also produced a curious paradox: even as we know more, we seem to understand less. While a wealth of literature has been devoted to life with the Internet, the deep philosophical implications of this seismic shift have not been properly explored until now. Demonstrating that knowledge based on reason plays an essential role in society and that there is much more to "knowing" than just acquiring information, leading philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch shows how our digital way of life makes us overvalue some ways of processing information over others, and thus risks distorting what it means to be human. With far-reaching implications, Lynch's argument charts a path from Plato's cave to Shannon's mathematical theory of information to Google Glass, illustrating that technology itself isn't the problem, nor is it the solution. Instead, it will be the way in which we adapt our minds to these new tools that will ultimately decide whether or not the "Internet of Things"--all those gadgets on our wrists, in our pockets and on our laps--will be a net gain for humanity. Along the way, Lynch uses a philosopher's lens to examine some of the most urgent issues facing digital life today, including how social media is revolutionizing the way we think about privacy; why a greater reliance on Wikipedia and Google doesn't necessarily make knowledge "more democratic"; and the perils of using "big data" alone to predict cultural trends. Promising to modernize our understanding of what it means to be human in the digital age, The Internet of Us builds on previous works by Nicholas Carr, James Gleick and Jaron Lanier to give us a necessary guide on how to navigate the philosophical quagmire that is the Information Age.
LC Classification Number
BD161.L88 2016
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