Society Elsewhere (eBook)

Why the Gravest Threat to Humanity Will Come From Within

Francis Sanzaro (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
160 Seiten
John Hunt Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78535-471-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The gravest threat to humanity in this century will not come from war, disease, overpopulation or the environment, but from boredom and uselessness.

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The biggest political and economic issue of the 21st and 22nd centuries will not be food, war, overpopulation, or the environment, but boredom and uselessness. The biggest problem will be figuring out how to manage people's emotional lives in a time when their intelligence, brains and consciousness will become irrelevant. The writers of the 2050s will observe that the idea of outsourcing our lives to software algorithms began around the turn of the millennium with small tasks (dating, entertainment, directions), until, decades later the transition was complete; human decision making, which is the font of consciousness, is no longer necessary. Boredom and malaise are the biggest threats to global public health. With a unique blend of pop culture, history, philosophy, psychology, art theory, among others, Society Elsewhere is both evocative and engaging across a wide array of demographics.

Autor

Francis Sanzaro (Ph.D.) is the author of three books and has written for The New York Times, Huffington Post, Continental Philosophy Review, among many others. He is Editor of Rock and Ice and Ascent magazines, and lives in Carbondale, Co. More at Fsanzaro.com

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Automation • Boredom • Consciousness • Cultural Studies • Cultural studies, technology, Silicon Valley, smart revolution, philosophy, intelligence, emotional lives, consciousness, boredom, uselessness, malaise, software algorithms, millennium, outsourced lives, human decision making, decision making, global public health, threat to public health, automation, technological development. • Decision Making • emotional lives • Global Public Health • Human Decision Making • Intelligence • Malaise • Millennium • Outsourced Lives • Philosophy • Silicon Valley • Smart Revolution • Software Algorithms • Technological Development • Technology • Threat to Public Health • Uselessness
• ISBN-10: 1-78535-471-X / 178535471X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78535-471-7 / 9781785354717