The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
4 December 2018
Summary
Provocative takes on cyberbullshit, smartphone zombies, instant gratification, the traffic school of the information highway, and other philosophical concerns of the Internet age.In The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas, Roberto Simanowski wonders if we are on the brink of a society that views social, political, and ethical challenges as technological problems that can be fixed with the right algorithm, the best data, or the fastest computer. For example, the “death algorithm ” is pr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262536370 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262536374 |
| Author: | Roberto Simanowski, Jefferson Chase |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 4 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 114mm |
| Series: | Untimely Meditations |
About The Author
Roberto Simanowski
Roberto Simanowski is a scholar of media and cultural studies and the author of Digital Art and Meaning, Data Love, Facebook Society, Waste- A New Media Primer, andThe Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas (the last two published by the MIT Press).
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