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In The Shadow of the Machine

By Jeremy Naydler

In The Shadow of the Machine Books

In The Shadow of the Machine

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Contemporary life is deeply reliant on digital technology, and computers have come to dominate nearly every aspect of our culture. What is the philosophical and spiritual significance of this dependence on electronic technology for our relationship to nature and for the future of humanity? Moreover, what processes in human perception and awareness have produced the situation in which we find ourselves? As Jeremy Naydler elucidates in this penetrating study, we cannot understand the emergence of the computer without seeing it within the wider context of the evolution of human consciousness over millennia. He shows how modern consciousness has evolved in conjunction with the development of machines and their increasing shadow. Computers are the product of a long historical development, culminating in the scientific revolution of the seventeenthcentury. During that period the first mechanical calculators were invented, and efforts to create increasingly complex "thinking machines" began in earnest. Nevertheless, the seeds were sown many hundreds of years earlier, deep in antiquity. Naydler paints a vast panorama, depicting human development and the emergence of electronic technology. His painstaking research illumines an urgent question that concerns every living person today: What does it mean to be human, and what, if anything, distinguishes us from machines?
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
392
Release Date:
2018-08-07
Publication Date:
2018-05-29
Publisher:
Temple Lodge Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1912230143
ISBN13:
9781912230143
Weight:
627 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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