Information is not wisdom, convergence is not integrity
Proverbs for an era of digital humanism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12778797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Healey (0000-0001-9044-8228, University of New Hampshire at Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 355-372 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Explorations in Media Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1539-7785 • E-ISSN: 2048-0717 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/eme.15.3-4.355_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2742262522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The techno-utopianism of Silicon Valley constitutes a quasi-religious ideology with economic and moral dimensions. While the ‘catechism’ of free market ideology has long historical roots, digital culture adds a moral dimension that equates the development of networked information systems with the achievement of human virtue. This article calls such assumptions into question by positing three guiding ‘proverbs’: Information is not wisdom; Convergence is not integrity; Transparency is not authenticity. Exposition of these proverbs highlights inequities of power and class privilege obscured by techno-utopian rhetoric, and calls for an approach to technological development grounded in the psychology of mature human spirituality
Aesthetics · Convergence (economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Exposition (narrative · Humanism · Ideology · Literature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Privilege (computing · Rhetoric · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Transparency (behavior · Virtue · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2017 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |