The Fourth Revolution · How the Infosphere Is Reshaping Human Reality by Floridi, Luciano -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures 1 Time Hyperhistory

The three ages of human development Instructions Data Memory Connectivity Conclusion

2 Space Infosphere

Technology’s in-betweenness Interfaces Design The politics of technology ICTs as interpreting and creating technologies Life in the infosphere Conclusion

3 Identity Onlife

ICTs as technologies of the self Hyper-self-consciousness The paradox of identity Our informational nature Embodiment: the self as an app Being in space: location vs. presence Being in time: outdating vs. ageing Memories and interactions: pegging the self Perception: the digital gaze Bodies of information: e-health e-ducation Conclusion

4 Self-Understanding The Four Revolutions

The first three revolutions The fourth revolution Inforgs Enhancing, augmenting, and re-engineering technologies Conclusion

5 Privacy Informational Friction

The dearest of our possessions Privacies as freedoms from Informational friction Anonymity Empowerment Why privacy matters The self-constitutive value of privacy Biometrics Conclusion

6 Intelligence Inscribing the World

Shifting and decreasing intelligence The stupidly smart Turing Test and the Loebner Prize The frame and the symbol grounding problems A tale of two AIs Conclusion

7 Agency Enveloping the World

An ICT-friendly environment The machine’s use of human inforgs Artificial companions The Semantic Web and its syntactic engines Web 2.0 and its semantic engines Webs and the infosphere Conclusion

8 Politics The Rise of the Multi-Agent Systems

Political apoptosis A new informational order? The political multi-agent system Infraethics Hyperhistorical conflicts and cyberwar Conclusion

9 Environment The Digital Gambit

The costs and risks of the anthropocene The gambit Conclusion

10 Ethics E-nvironmentalism Further Reading References Endnotes

Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10

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