Syntheism: Creating God in the Internet Age
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (894 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0721Y12DQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 441 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Bard & Söderqvist are now back with a proposal for a complete new metaphysics for the digital age, and it is called "Syntheism: Creating God in The Internet Age".. Alexander Bard and Jan Söderqvist are Swedish philosophers and authors of the internationally successful "Futurica Trilogy". They not only made controversial predictions in the early years of the new millennium (and cleverly foresaw both the dot crash and the September 11 terror attacks), they have since then been proven right in virtually every aspect and even in the most minute of details. They lecture the world over about the current global internet revolution. Bard & Söderqvist demonstrated the effects of network dynamics on various levels of a globalised world. This work offers engaging observations and perceptive interpretations of contemporary society. After the monumental "Futurica Trilogy" comes a book that dares to describe individualism as the now defunct religion it always was and describe a reality that is primarily virtual, rather than physical. Not only did Bard & Söderqvist foresee revolutionary innovations such as Google, Facebook, Al-Qaida and Wikileaks; they also went deeper and looked into
Is It Memetically Useful to Use the Word "God" within the Netocratic View? Russell If you have read Futurica Trilogy by the same authors, you will know that Alex and Jan have already provided one of the most sophisticated synthesis-writings of futurism, philosophy, sociology and science ever to be put in print. I do not say such things lightly. As a technologist and successful technology entrepreneur, the predictions contained within the Futurica trilogy resonate with what I have already PROVEN to be true in my field. But what would happen if a Netocrat created a religion? Is that even possible in the internet era, where the Utopian Dream has evaporated? Is 'God' some sort of. "Pure Genius" according to Drew Stuart. Belongs in every freethinking scholar's library. Guaranteed to stimulate the mind, and awaken creativity in the reader.. One Star Worst book I ever read, just an endless amount of words with very little content