The Netocrats
Written by Jan Söderqvist and Alexander Bard
Narrated by Bert Deivert
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
History is always written from the perspective of the ruling or rising elite at the time of writing. Concepts like The Stone Age, The Bronze Age, et cetera, were of course unknown during those periods that used to be called the stone age and the bronze age. They were invented during the 19th century to make sense of a development that seemed to reach its climax with industrialization and the modern factory. The Netocrats is a history of the world from the perspective of the netocrats, the rising elite of Informationalism, the emerging society of information networks, shaped by digital interactivity. And it also looks beyond the past and the present, far into the future of all the central aspects of society: politics, culture, economy, consumption, creation of social identity, et cetera. Why do these dramatic changes occur? How do they compare with information-technological revolutions in the past like speech, writing and print? Who will benefit? Which, of course, makes The Netocrats not only the most penetrating but also the most indispensable guide to the digital future.
This book is part 1 of 3 in the Futurica Trilogy. About the trilogy: The Futurica Trilogy is a work of philosophy, sociology and futurology in three closely related movements. The first volume, The Netocrats, deals with human history from the perspective of the new elite of Informationalism, the emerging society of information networks, shaped by digital interactivity, making prophecies about the digital future of politics, culture, economy, et cetera. The second volume, The Global Empire, explores the near future of political globalization and the struggle to form new, functioning ideologies for a world where global decision making is a necessity. The third volume, The Body Machines, deals with the sad demise of the Cartesian subject. It discusses the implications of a materialist image of humanity and explains how it relates to the new, emerging hyper-technological paradigm. It explains why we are all nothing but body machines, and why this is actually good news.
Related to The Netocrats
Related audiobooks
Transmissions Across Time: The Evolution of Information Sharing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Youthquake 4.0: A Whole Generation and the New Industrial Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Twittering Machine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Scientist in the City Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads: Technological Change and the Future of Politics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leonardo to the Internet: Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present 3rd Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Society and the Internet, 2nd Edition: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 5th Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5From 1960 to 2060 The History Of The Internet, Bits and Bobs, and Beyond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Autonomous Revolution: Reclaiming the Future We’ve Sold to Machines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeneration Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forged in War: How a Century of War Created Today's Information Society Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Inglorious Years: The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlanet of Slums Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Industries of the Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Connected World: An In-depth Examination of Globalization Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings2084 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWriting on the Wall: Social Media: The First 2,000 Years Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sparks: China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Social Science For You
The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lonely Dad Conversations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Land of Delusion: Out on the edge with the crackpots and conspiracy-mongers remaking our shared reality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Left Hand of Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radiolab: Journey Through The Human Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Radiolab: Mixtape: How The Cassette Changed The World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Netocrats
0 ratings0 reviews