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A review by adamchalmers
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle
5.0
Incredible read. All about the way that (contrary to what "common sense" and tech companies say) modern technology is actually making the world less knowable, more opaque, harder to reason about.
So many books or blogs critiquing modern technology are just fear-mongering hand-waving from people on the outside. Especially since the 2016 election. This is a very considered book with a lot of very illuminating ideas from someone who definitely knows what he's talking about. It's changed my mind about some issues I hold dear.
This is an issue that any armchair philosopher with a CS degree - there sure are a lot of armchair philosophers with CS degrees hey - needs to read.
So many books or blogs critiquing modern technology are just fear-mongering hand-waving from people on the outside. Especially since the 2016 election. This is a very considered book with a lot of very illuminating ideas from someone who definitely knows what he's talking about. It's changed my mind about some issues I hold dear.
This is an issue that any armchair philosopher with a CS degree - there sure are a lot of armchair philosophers with CS degrees hey - needs to read.