Data Smog: SURVIVING THE INFORMATION GLUT - Brossura

Shenk, David W.

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ISBN 10: 0349109486 ISBN 13: 9780349109480

Casa editrice: Abacus, 1997

Riassunto

DATA SMOG begins with the author's own personal awakening from years of computer worship to the unwelcome side-effects from information mania. After confronting his own information anxieties and deflating his mislaid faith in the virtue of technology, he begins to see the entire world in a new light. Where before he viewed computers in the way they wished to be viewed, he now sees a technology industry whose raison d'etre is inducing a manic you're-not-keeping up anxiety; a culture getting hooked on the manic velocity of data and losing interest in slower, more thoughtful deliberation; and a world fragmenting to a perverse degree, losing its common information and drifting toward a less responsible democracy.

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Recensione:

Quite wonderful...a smart warning by a savvy afficionado of cyber-culture to be wary of too much of a good thing. (Orville Schell)

David Shenk's brilliant book names the problem, describes it, and - God bless him - offers us help in coping with it (Neil Postman)

Descrizione del libro:

* Subtitled SURVIVING THE INFORMATION GLUT this book shows that information is neither knowledge nor wisdom and that too much data can dull the mind.

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• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0349109486
• ISBN 13: 9780349109480
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256