Knowledge and information
By Mark Plotkin, Iain Martin, Claire Lehmann, Brendan O'Neill, M. Antoni J. Ucerler, Janne Haaland Matlary, Nathan Shachar, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Erica Benner, Peter Burke, Richard Miles, Jessica Frazier, John Hemming, Nicholas Carr, Mariano Sigman, Peter Frankopan, Martin Ingvar, Christopher Coker, Michael Goodman, Elisabeth Kendall, Gill Bennett, David Goodhart, Simon Mayall, Fraser Nelson, Maria Borelius, Adrian Wooldridge, Andrew Keen & Mark Pagel
- Release Date: 2021-04-19
- Genre: Social Science
Description
We have come a long way from the religions, myths and foundation stories that created the bedrock of man s early understanding of the world and everything in it, and our stock of knowledge has increased exponentially in recent times. In this volume leading scholars in the arts and sciences discuss how knowledge and information have been preserved and transferred throughout history, bringing us up to today s digital age and the multiple challenges it presents, not least with regard to our personal data. Amid growing tension between a cognitive elite and those who feel excluded from public discourse and decision making, alongside increasing friction in academia over freedom of interpretation and expression, will our information society turn out to be an era of enlightenment or are we entering a new dark age for knowledge?
