Lizzie O'Shea

Broschiertes Buch

Future Histories

What ADA Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology

Beschreibung

How can we use digital technology for the common good?

Autor

Lizzie O'Shea

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso Books
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 132mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781788734318
• ISBN-10: 1788734319
• Artikelnr.: 60691474

Rezensionen

Before we became big data bundles for the lackeys of Dorsey, Jobs, Zuckerberg, and Bezos, to exploit, the digital revolution seemed to promise a democratic utopia, a commons in cyberspace not governed by neoliberal norms. Can we realize that revolutionary dream and stop desiring our own domination? Incredibly, yet thrillingly and plausibly, Lizzie O'Shea argues that, if only we can mobilize history to serve rather than enervate us, the answer is yes. Stuart Jeffries