Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality : Life in the Digital Dark Ages (Environment and Society)

Chew, Sing C.

Lexington Books（2021/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 118 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781793641502
• DDC分類 304.2028563

Full Description

We live in a digitalized world that is experiencing environmental changes, scarcity of natural resources, global pandemics, mass migrations, and burgeoning global populations. In Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality, Sing C. Chew proposes that we meet these challenges by examining the connected global world we live in and by considering the advances that have been made in digitalization, miniaturization, dematerialization, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented realities, and machine learning, which have increased our socioeconomic and political productivity. Chew outlines potential structural avenues to address these challenges, suggests pragmatic choices to ease living during these chaotic crisis conditions, and outlines solutions that will enable us to traverse systemic crises.

Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Dark Ages and Contours of System Transition
Chapter 2: Internet, Dematerialization, and Value
Chapter 3: Artificial Intelligence, Learning Machines, and Virtuality
Chapter 4: Cultural Reactions and Degrowth: Good Life for All?
Chapter 5: Living in an Era of Scarcity
Chapter 6: Reflections