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The4thRevolu,onLucianoFloridi
BookreviewbyEddyJ.Schuermans
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• Inmyopiniontheauthorsucceedsverywellindescribinghowourworldhasbecomeaninforma,onalsocietyieinfospherethroughtheemergenceofincreasinglypowerfulICTsuptoalevelwheretechnologystartspuKngthehumanoutoftheloop.Andthehumaninhabita,ngthetechnologicalenvironmentithascreatedforitselfthroughICTsandAIcompanions,becominghimselfanINFORG.
• Theauthorjuxtaposesverynicely(asyoucanno,ceinthesummary)4philosophicaltrendsatthelevelof,me,space,self-understandingandpoli,cs.
• Finallyheaddresseswellthechallengesandriskswhichneedaddressingifwewanttomakethetransi,ionsuccessful.Onemajorissueisforexampletheenvironmentalchallengecausedbythefutureenergyrequirementsoftheinfosphere.Oneotheristheinfla,onofdataandtheneedtomemorizeornot.
• Ingeneral:wonderfulreadpuKngeverythinginperspec,veandwellposi,onedinabroadersocietalcontext.InthisregardIseeotherbooksascomplementary:– PostCapitalism–AguidetoourfuturebyPaulMason– TheFourthRevolu,on–theglobalracetoreinventthestatebyJohnMicklethwait&AdrianWoolbridge.
Introduc,onInthefollowingslidesIhavesummarisedwhicharetomethemainideas(philosophies)beingputforwardbyLucianoFloridiinhisbook“The4thRevolu,on–Howtheinfosphereisreshapinghumanreality”.
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Mainideasfor Mainconcept Comments
TIMEAphilosophyofhistoryiroinforma,onsociety–Hyperhistory
3agesaswaysofliving–innova,on,welfareandaddedvalueare
Theageofthezebabyte(bigdata)Boblenecks:• Connectvity• Memory/storage
SPACEAphilosophyofnature–Infosphere
Technologyin-betweenness–3rdorder–removingthehumanfromtheloopICTthedominanttechnologyofour,me,withblurringinterfaces,transformingrealityintoaninfosphere(informa,onalenvironment)
• TheOnlifeexperience,interac,ngwiththeinfosphere
• TheZebabytegenera,on
• OurSocialSelfs,ourselvesasinforma,onalen,,es
Needforaphilosophyofinforma,onasaphilosophyofour,meforour,me
Pre-History• NoICT
History• ICTrelated
Hyperhistory• ICTdependent
User Technology Prompter
TechnologyTechnologyTechnology✗
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Mainideasfor Mainconcept Comments
SELF-UNDERSTANDINGAphilosophicalanthropologyintermsofa4threvolu,onWhatdefinesushumansuniquely?
A4threvolu,oninourself-understandingTuring:beingdisplacedfromouruniqueposi,onintherealmoflogicalreasoning,informa,onprocessingandsmartbehaviour.Ratherweareinforma,onalorganisms(INFORGS)mutuallyconnectedandembeddedinaninforma,onalenvironment(Infosphere)whichwesharewithotherinforma,onalagents,bothnaturalandar,ficial.
• LightvsstrongAI,syntac,cvsseman,c
• TheworldisbecominganinfosphereincreasinglywelladaptedtoICT’slimitedcapaci,es
• Humanseman,cagents
POLITICSAphilosophyofpoli,cs–poli,calapoptosis–anewinforma,onalorder
ICTshelpshikthebalanceagaintscentralizedgovernmentinfavourofdistributedgovernanceandinterna,onalglobalcoordina,on.
• Needforinfrethicsgoverningtheinfosphere
• Hyperhistoricalconflicts
• Digitalgambit
Needforaphilosophyofinforma,onasaphilosophyofour,meforour,me
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Copernican Darwinian Freudian Turing
NoICT–NoState
SovereignStateasmain
informa,onagent
Non-statemul,-agentsystems