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Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality : Life in the Digital Dark Ages.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chew, Sing C., author.
- Series:
- Environment and society (Lanham, Md.)
- Environment and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental protection--Data processing.
- Environmental protection.
- Global environmental change.
- Social change.
- Sustainable development--Data processing.
- Sustainable development.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (119 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality argues that we need to examine the connect global world we live in and our technological advances to discern the potential solutions to the environmental, epidemiological, political, and social challenges we face.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality
- Series page
- Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality: Life in the Digital Dark Ages
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1
- Dark Ages and Contours of System Transition
- Introduction
- The Nature of Dark Ages and Globalization
- Dark Ages and System Transition
- Dark Ages and Structural Transformations
- The Emerging New World
- Dealing with Dark Ages' Structural Turmoil and Transition
- Food as Life
- Chapter 2
- Internet, Dematerialization, and Value
- The Backbone of Connectivity
- Dematerialization: Pathways and Processes
- Valuation: The Law of Value of Symbols
- Chapter 3
- Artificial Intelligence, Learning Machines, and Virtuality
- Algorithms
- The Digitalized World of Virtual Experiences
- Chapter 4
- Cultural Reactions and Degrowth
- Simple Elegant Lifestyle Leading to an Abundant Life?
- An Alternate: Bioregionalism
- Another Recent Proposal: Degrowth
- Food as Life: Community-Supported Agriculture
- Chapter 5
- Living in an Era of Scarcity
- Cyberspace and Digitalization
- Managing Business and Social Reproduction
- Agriculture and Food Production
- Digitalization and Its Potential Consequences
- Chapter 6
- Reflections
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-40755-3
- 1-7936-4151-X
- OCLC:
- 1221015806
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