“We digital humans do have access to more information than ever before—whether or not we have neuromedia. But it is also true that in other respects we know less, that the walls of our digital life make real objective knowledge… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“One way of describing the direction in which our own culture is moving is that many of us are starting to adapt what we might call a digital form of life—one which takes life in the infosphere for granted, precisely… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“As the literary critic and writer Leon Wieseltier remarks, “every technology is used before it is completely understood.” — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“Information is the atmosphere—what the philosopher Luciano Floridi calls the infosphere—of our lives.7 But the fact that we live in the infosphere, that it… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“And it is why so many of us who use Facebook are still troubled by its siren song: it is a simulacrum of intimacy,… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“We digital humans do have access to more information than ever before—whether or not we have neuromedia. But it is also true that in… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“One way of describing the direction in which our own culture is moving is that many of us are starting to adapt what we… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“My hypothesis is that information technology, while expanding our ability to know in one way, is actually impeding our ability to know in other,… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“But without understanding, something deeper is missing. And our digital form of life, while giving us more facts, is not particularly good at giving… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
“Today, the fastest and easiest way of knowing is Google-knowing, which means not just “knowledge by search engine” but the way we are increasingly… — Michael P. Lynch Copy Share Image
