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Exponential Age
(Q1. What’s your overall opinion of the author’s predictions? )
I was utterly staggered in reading this article and realising how Exponential Age is real.
On the one hand I agree with the author’s depiction on how fast the digital revolution is and will be affecting our daily life.On the other hand, I think that the author, in his foreseeing a positive and thorough application of techonolgy as something that authomatically will make our future life better, describes this process as a sort of deterministic one, whereas human history is often run by more complex and not so consistent movements and interests.
Thus I reckon some of the predictions he wrote of might come true and some others won’t.
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Hi Chiara, thank you for your insights. I think you make a really good point that the author presumes that these changes will automatically be positive without considering the more complex issues of human nature and our history. I personally find it overwhelming how fast technology is changing and I don’t think we have yet understood the implications of it. (I wasn’t feeling so well over the weekend, so I binge-watched Homeland season 7!!! I think it is a brilliant show but the point is, it is so relevant to what we are experiencing right now. It looks at the impact of fake news and how technology is being used in a kind of cyber-warfare … anyway this article makes me think about all of that too!)
Just a quick note:
> you need the article here: …the Exponential Age is real. -
Thanks Kerin, I agree witho you it’s scary how technology is more and more “Big Brother is watching you-“like!
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