Monday, December 15, 2014

Book Reviews

The New York Review of Books: John R. Searle

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/oct/09/what-your-computer-cant-know/?page=1

"Floridi tells us that “reality” suitably interpreted consists entirely of information. But the problem with that claim is that information only exists relative to consciousness. It is either intrinsic, observer-independent information or information in a system treated by consciousness as having information." 

BBC News: Peter Day

"It is noteworthy because of the way he widens the high-tech horizon.He applies big and perhaps timeless thoughts to something that is often merely talked about as baffling change."

Ginger IS the Professor (Independent Blog): L. M. Bernhardt

https://lmbernhardt.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/gingers-narcissistic-one-body-book-club-presents-what-information-wants/

"Floridi’s little book is also engaging, but it is not a practical piece. It is a philosophical book (albeit one aimed also at non-philosophers) in which Floridi rather neatly lays out a set of concepts and questions relevant to figuring out exactly how one ought to deal with the ways in which information technology shapes and is shaped by us, as human beings who are living with and through and around and in it."

Nature: Barbara Kiser


"We look with new eyes at our transformation into generic online consumers, and our creation of an environment that is dumbed-down enough for smart technologies to excel. Non-alarmist and very, very smart."

New Scientist: Douglas Heaven


"Fascinating stuff. But, ultimately, both books suffer from being five years too late and five years too early: we already know the internet is changing us, but we lack the perspective to say what shifts are the most important."

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