The IT revolution has brought many surprises. Among them is the fact that intensive surveillance and the related abuse of personal data have fallen into the hands of powerful digital oligarchies. Accounts of the increasingly repressive uses of advanced technologies and the subsequent ‘dumbing down’ of entire populations cast dark shadows over future prospects that are beginning to look increasingly dystopian. Deleting Dystopia confirms that the existential threats posed by the misuse of advanced digital technologies are real. But, in place of apathy and fatalism, Slaughter explores ways of understanding the threat, conceptualising solutions and identifying strategies that lead away from digital authoritarian futures towards those funded on humanly viable values and practices.
Deleting Dystopia confirms that the existential threats posed by the misuse of advanced digital technologies are real. But, in place of apathy and fatalism, Slaughter explores ways of understanding the threat, conceptualising solutions and identifying strategies that lead away from digital authoritarian futures towards those funded on humanly viable values and practices.
Author(s): Richard A. Slaughter
Edition: 1
Publisher: University Of Southern Queensland
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 246
Tags: Electronic Surveillance: Queensland; Human-Computer Interaction; Artificial Intelligence: Social Aspects
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgment of Country
About the team
About the cover
About the author
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Timeline of events in tech history
Starting points and emerging issues
Starting points and emerging issues
Case studies and implications
The Internet of Things
Farewell to driving?
What drives Silicon Valley?
Framing solutions
Compulsive innovation
Blind spots as opportunities
Transcending reductionism, re-purposing the Internet
Productive innovation
Humanising and democratising the IT revolution
Humanising and democratising the IT revolution
The IT revolution reassessed
The IT revolution reassessed
Witnesses to the revolution
Witnesses to the revolution
Resistance and renewal
Resistance and renewal
Conclusion
The Language of Shoshana Zuboff
Useful resources
References