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The Futurica Trilogy
The Futurica Trilogy is a work of philosophy, sociology and futurology in three closely related movements. The first volume, The Netocrats, deals with human history from the perspective of the new elite of Informationalism, the emerging society of information networks, shaped by digital interactivity, making prophecies about the digital future of politics, culture, economy, et cetera. The second volume, The Global Empire, explores the near future of political globalization and the struggle to form new, functioning ideologies for a world where global decision making is a necessity. The third volume, The Body Machines, thoroughly deals with the demise of the cartesian subject. It discusses the implications of a materialist image of humanity and explains how it relates to the new, emerging technological paradigm. It explains why we’re all of us body machines, and why this is actually good news. Enjoy!
738 pages, Paperback
First published February 24, 2012
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October 25, 2016
This is one of those books that has radically changed the way I look at things. I have read it but I am quite sure I am not finished with it.
They are not only predicting the future of human society in ways you can clearly see in the present but in fact re-contextualizing history.
Although I am one of the few people that read all three volumes, I cannot count myself in the very few that comprehended them them in their entirety. This guy did so go read that instead. I am not going to attempt to summarise or review this book.
They are not only predicting the future of human society in ways you can clearly see in the present but in fact re-contextualizing history.
Although I am one of the few people that read all three volumes, I cannot count myself in the very few that comprehended them them in their entirety. This guy did so go read that instead. I am not going to attempt to summarise or review this book.
March 9, 2013
Perfect reading for those mad guys who are not satisfied with existing and are in constant search for new horizons for thought.
February 25, 2023
Masterpiece for futurology
November 24, 2022
I did not complete the trilogy, but really do not feel the need to read further.
This is a pseudo academic project that fails to meet even basic academic standards (such as consistent citations, clear presentation, or the spelling out of arguments). Instead, this reads more like extensive notes that someone has composed, and several of the core ideas are completely underdeveloped and underthought.
Unfortunately, this leads this text into the repetition (unconscious or otherwise) of several worryingly racist framings.
Generally speaking, this isn't offering anything particularly compelling, interesting, or useful.
This is a pseudo academic project that fails to meet even basic academic standards (such as consistent citations, clear presentation, or the spelling out of arguments). Instead, this reads more like extensive notes that someone has composed, and several of the core ideas are completely underdeveloped and underthought.
Unfortunately, this leads this text into the repetition (unconscious or otherwise) of several worryingly racist framings.
Generally speaking, this isn't offering anything particularly compelling, interesting, or useful.
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