Culture : leading scientists explore societies, art, power, and technology /: leading scientists explore societies, art, power, and technology. (©2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Culture : leading scientists explore societies, art, power, and technology /: leading scientists explore societies, art, power, and technology. (©2011)
- Main Title:
- Culture : leading scientists explore societies, art, power, and technology
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by John Brockman.
- Other Names:
- Brockman, John, 1941-
- Contents:
- Introduction / John Broekman -- The evolution of culture / Daniel C. Dennett -- Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? / Jared Diamond -- Art and human reality / Denis Dutton -- A big theory of culture / Brian Eno -- We are as gods and have to get good at it / Stewart Brand -- Turing's cathedral : a visit to Google on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of John Von Neumann's proposal for a digital computer / George Dyson -- Time to start taking the internet seriously / David Gelernter -- Indirect reciprocity, assessment hardwiring, and reputation / Karl Sigmund -- Digital Maoism: the hazards of the new online collectivism / Jaron Lanier -- On Jaron Lanier's "Digital Maoism" : an Edge conversation -- Social networks are like the eye / Nicholas A. Christakis -- The next renaissance : keynote address at the personal democracy forum / Douglas Rushkoff -- Digital power and its discontents / Evgeny Morozov and Clay Shirky -- Does technology evolve? / Brian Arthur -- Aristotle: the knowledge web / Daniel Hillis -- The pancake people vs. the Gödel-to-Google net / Richard Foreman and George Dyson -- The age of the informavore / Frank Schirrmacher.
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Harper Perennial
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Copyright Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 909.83
Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
Culture
Popular culture
Art and society
Social networks
Reputation
Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Internet -- Social aspects
SCIENCE -- General
Art and society
Civilization, Modern
Culture
Internet -- Social aspects
Popular culture
Reputation
Social networks
Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780062101556
0062101552 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780062023131
0062023136 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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