Book part: Enslaved by digital technology
Abstract
Mihai Nadin sees the human condition at stake in the Gold
Rush obsession of digital technology entrepreneurs; he
considers big data the ‘ultimate surrender to the technology
of brute force’ and the age of information ‘by definition an
age of total transparency.’ He detects a new Faustian deal
where Faust trades better judgment for perfect calculation; he
unmasks social media as the ‘background for conformity’ and
revolutionary technology as the underlying foundation of the
ruling economic system.
Preferred Citation
BibTex
Nadin, Mihai: Enslaved by digital technology. In: Simanowski, Roberto: Digital Humanities and Digital Media. Conversations on politics, culture, aesthetics and literacy. London: Open Humanities Press 2016, S. 184-205. DOI: 10.25969/mediarep/11917.
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title = {Enslaved by digital technology},
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doi = {10.25969/mediarep/11917},
editor = {Simanowski, Roberto},
address = {London},
booktitle = {Digital Humanities and Digital Media. Conversations on politics, culture, aesthetics and literacy},
pages = {184--205},
publisher = {Open Humanities Press},
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author = {Nadin, Mihai},
title = {Enslaved by digital technology},
year = 2016,
doi = {10.25969/mediarep/11917},
editor = {Simanowski, Roberto},
address = {London},
booktitle = {Digital Humanities and Digital Media. Conversations on politics, culture, aesthetics and literacy},
pages = {184--205},
publisher = {Open Humanities Press},
}
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