Beschreibung:
From Amazon to Tinder, from Google to Deliveroo, there is no facet of human life that the digital revolution has not streamlined and dematerialized. Its objective was to reduce costs by forgoing face-to-face interactions, and it was a direct result of the free-market shock of the 1980s, which sought to expand the marketplace seamlessly in every possible dimension. Today, we can be algorithmically entertained, educated, cared for, and courted in a way that was impossible in the old industrial society, where institutions structured the social world. Today, these institutions have been replaced by monetized virtual contact.
AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart OneThe Digital IllusionI. The Body and the MindTerminatorReason and EmotionsDescartes' "Error"Artificial IntelligenceII. Stultify and PunishA Wild ThoughtThe Capitalism of SurveillanceIII. Waiting for the RobotsThe Death of KingsThe Industrialism of ServicesThe Thinking RobotThe Stake of the CenturyIV. Political AnomieImpoverishing GrowthWorking Class SuicideA Political RevolutionVox popoliPart TwoThe Return of the RealV. The Social ImaginationThe Law of 150 FriendsBonobos and ChimpanzeesFour Possible SocietiesThe Secular AgeThe Triumph of EndogamyThe Post-Modern MentalityVI. Winter is ComingThe Crises of the Twentieth CenturyThe Climatic ClockThe Society of AddictionVII. In a Hundred YearsThe Society of AbundanceBack to Science FictionVIII. By Way of ConclusionNotesIndex