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New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle

juange's review against another edition

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3.0

Bien podría haberse llamado “Cuentos de mi tía Paca cuando era joven”.

Hay mil tópicos de los que se pueden hablar hoy en día en un libro llamado “La nueva edad oscura” (el clima, el capitalismo, la corporaciones, la inteligencia artificial, la vigilancia masiva, etc), pero en mi caso el tópico principal ha sido el tediosismo, tiene un 5 raspao’ porque momentáneamente si da algunas pinceladas sobre tópicos de hoy en día.

Me esperaba mucho de el.

xoskelet's review against another edition

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dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

jaclyn_youngblood's review against another edition

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4.0

Oh, god, the YouTube chapter is horrifying.

patriciaxh's review

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4.0

The more information we have, the less we know. A good overview of why our current moment is so fucked despite all our technological advances.

sarahshaiman's review against another edition

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2.0

I really struggled with this book. It seemed to lack a central thesis and even the anecdotes and examples within the chapters has little to do with one another. I had high expectations for this book but was thoroughly let down.

stevendedalus's review against another edition

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5.0

Revelatory, with an inventive meta-commentary network structure that subtly weaves his chapters into a linked whole that exposes the hidden horrors that unexamined automated algorithms have wreaked on our world.

Bridle finds brilliant examples to bring home the vastness of surveillance, financialization, philosophical nihilism, and just a bit too little a criticism of capitalism, to really make you examine the underlying structures of how you live.

It's a fascinating project that succeeds admirably at its stated goal, changing the way you think.

cintiandrade's review against another edition

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4.0

O livro é ótimo, mas a tradução para o português está muito truncada e com alguns erros, e o texto fica difícil de acompanhar às vezes.

thedgafclub's review

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

maritole's review

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

tommyroyds's review

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0