Homo numericus : The coming 'civilization' (Record no. 1308618)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781509560219
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Terms of availability Textual
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency RTL
Transcribing agency RTL
084 ## - COLON CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number Y:6 R4
Assigning agency RTL
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cohen, Daniel
9 (RLIN) 251136
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Homo numericus : The coming 'civilization'
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Cambridge
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Polity Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 175p. : ill.
Other physical details Includes bibliographical references and index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. From Amazon to Tinder, from Google to Deliveroo, there is no facet of human life that the digital revolution has not streamlined and dematerialized. Its objective was to reduce costs by forgoing face-to-face interactions, and it was a direct result of the free-market shock of the 1980s, which sought to expand the marketplace seamlessly in every possible dimension. Today, we can be algorithmically entertained, educated, cared for, and courted in a way that was impossible in the old industrial society, where institutions structured the social world. Today, these institutions have been replaced by monetized virtual contact. As the industrial revolution did in the past, the digital revolution is creating a new economy and a new sensibility, bringing about a radical revaluation of society and its representations. While obsessed with the search for an efficient management of human relations, the new digital capitalism gives rise to an irrational and impulsive Homo numericus prone to an array of addictive behaviours and subjected to intensive forms of surveillance. Far from producing a new agora, social media produce a radicalization of public debate in which hate-filled speech directed against adversaries becomes the norm. But these outcomes are not inevitable. The digital revolution also offers an exciting path, one that leads to a world in which everyone deserves to be listened to and respected. It explores a new way of living that is historically unprecedented, that of a society based neither on individualism nor on the hierarchical model of earlier civilizations. Are we able to seize the new opportunities opened up by the digital revolution without succumbing to its dark side
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social evolution
9 (RLIN) 752045
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social change
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Information society
9 (RLIN) 752046
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rendall, Steven
Relator term Translator
9 (RLIN) 752047
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Colon Classification (CC)
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Koha item type Textbook
Classification part Y:6 R4
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    Colon Classification (CC)     Ratan Tata Library Ratan Tata Library 2025-04-09   Y:6 R4 RT1528462 2025-04-09 2025-04-09 Textbook