Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being - Couverture souple

Mason, Paul

 
9780141986722: Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0141986727 ISBN 13 : 9780141986722
Editeur : Penguin, 2020

Synopsis

'Thrilling, brilliant, radical ... an admirable defence of humans against machines' Guardian

A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of Postcapitalism

How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted by algorithms and A.I. anyway?

In Clear Bright Future, Paul Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our universal rights and freedoms and our power to change the world around us. Ranging from economics to Big Data, from neuroscience to the culture wars, he draws from his on-the-ground reporting from mass protests in Istanbul to riots in Washington, as well as his own childhood in an English mining community, to show how the notion of humanity has become eroded as never before.

In this book Paul Mason argues that we are still capable - through language, innovation and co-operation - of shaping our future. He offers a vision of humans as more than puppets, customers or cogs in a machine. This work of radical optimism asks: Do you want to be controlled? Or do you want something better?

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À propos de l'auteur

Paul Mason is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and film-maker. Previously Economics Editor of Channel 4 News, his books include PostCapitalism, Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being, Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions, and Rare Earth: A Novel.

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Éditeur
Penguin
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141986727
ISBN 13 
9780141986722
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  0241320100 ISBN 13 :  9780241320105
Editeur : Allen Lane, 2019
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