The Internet of us : knowing more and understanding less in the age of Big Data / Michael Patrick Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Information technology.

Internet.

Physical Description:

xviii, 237 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]

Summary:

"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 ... Demonstrating that knowledge based on reason plays an essential role in society and that there is much more to 'knowing' than just acquiring information, ... philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch [posits that] 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"--Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

The new old problems of knowledge. Our digital form of life ; Google-knowing ; Fragmented reasons : is the Internet making us less reasonable ; Truth, lies, and social media

How we know now. Who wants to know : privacy and autonomy ; Who does know : crowds, clouds, and networks ; Who gets to know : the political economy of knowledge ; Understanding and the digital human ; The Internet of us.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index.

ISBN:

9780871406613

0871406616

OCLC:

909974643