The Internet of Us

Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data

Michael P Lynch author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:9th Jun '17

Should be back in stock very soon

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The Internet of Us cover

This "fascinating new book" (The New Yorker) shows how our digital way of life makes us overvalue some ways of processing information over others and thus risks distorting what it means to be human. Lynch argues that it will be the way in which we adapt our minds to these new tools that will ultimately decide whether or not the "Internet of Things" will be a net gain for humanity.

"Lynch’s basic argument is that if we understand better the conditions under which knowledge is produced and disseminated—conditions he explores clearly and cogently—then we will become more 'responsible' knowers." -- The Wall Street Journal

ISBN: 9781631492778

Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 18mm

Weight: 200g

256 pages