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Title details for New Dark Age by James Bridle - Available

New Dark Age

Technology and the End of the Future

by James Bridle
Emily Beresford
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As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world.
In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power use our lack of understanding to further their own interests. Despite the apparent accessibility of information, we're living in a new Dark Age.
From rogue financial systems to shopping algorithms, from artificial intelligence to state secrecy, we no longer understand how our world is governed or presented to us. The media is filled with unverifiable speculation, much of it generated by anonymous software, while companies dominate their employees through surveillance and the threat of automation.
In his brilliant new work, leading artist and writer James Bridle surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems, and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime.

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  • Release date

    January 22, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781541452589
      • File size: 251220 KB
      • Duration: 08:43:22

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      While the author's cautionary message should concern listeners, Emily Beresford's emphatic narration will send them into full-throttled fear. Bridle offers a stark and sobering look at how digital technology contributes to extremism of thought, surveillance and manipulation of users, and the undermining of democratic institutions. The problem continues to grow as newer technologies such as wearables, artificial intelligence, and robots continue to be added to the technological landscape. Beresford's slightly nasal voice elicits listeners' attention, but her delivery has a judgmental tone that is wearing and detracts from the importance of Bridle's ideas. Her attempt to draw out salient points and to energize the listening experience does the opposite. L.E. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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