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Wise Animals
How Technology Has Made Us What We Are
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Powerful, profound and completely engrossing, this is a multitudinous meditation on not only technology but also history, culture, ideas, ethics, psychology and, above all, what it means to be human. - Michael Bhaskar, co-author of The Coming Wave Wise Animals explores the history of our relationship...
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Wise Animals
A brilliantly original exploration of humanity’s intimate relationship with technology, from the emergence of our species to the emergence of AI and beyond.
A brilliantly original exploration of humanity's intimate relationship with technology, from the emergence of our species to the emergence of AI and beyond.
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Powerful, profound and completely engrossing, this is a multitudinous meditation on not only technology but also history, culture, ideas, ethics, psychology and, above all, what it means to be human. - Michael Bhaskar, co-author of The Coming Wave
Wise Animals explores the history of our relationship with technology, and our deep involvement with our creations from the first use of tools and the taming of fire, via the invention of reading and printing, to the development of the computer, the creation of the internet and the emergence of AI.
Human children know no more of modern technology than their ancestors did of older technologies thousands of years ago, and develop in relation to the technologies of their time. We co-evolve with technology as individuals as we have as a species over thousands of years.
Rather than see technology as a threat, this deeply humanist contribution to the debate proposes that we are neither masters nor victims of our technologies. They are part of who we are, and our future – and theirs – is in our hands.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529079760
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 284g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Dr Tom Chatfield is a British writer, broadcaster and tech philosopher. His books exploring digital culture have been published in over thirty languages. He has spoken about AI, tech ethics and the future of authorship at venues ranging from the UK and European Parliaments to Google, Meta, the US National Academy of Sciences and TED Global. He lives in Kent.
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