Full Description
Sculpting Cyber Utopia is a journey through cyberspace, offering fresh perspectives on this new world and what it may become. Author Joshua Sipper explains how this open, sometimes dangerous world was founded, the origins of digital information, and the current manifestations of this powerful resource, where algorithmic tools have spawned new intelligences which now populate the landscape alongside their human creators. Along the way he explains and demystifies emerging cyber technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum computing, while also delving into topics such as semiotics, human flourishing, and meaning-making. Above all, Sculpting Cyber Utopia provides the philosophical underpinnings of the new reality we all inhabit and asks if we can finally build utopia in a world created and defined by humans themselves.
This book will be vital reading for philosophy students and cyberspace practitioners alike.
'In a world where digital evolution is accelerating beyond our control, this book delivers a masterful exploration of the forces shaping our interconnected future. Sculpting Cyber Utopia is a must-read for those committed to carving order out of the digital frontier while safeguarding human values in an era of rapid technological transformation.'
—Kayva Perlman Founder and CEO, XRSI (X Reality Safety Initiative)
Contents
Introduction - Chapter 1: In the Beginning: Chaos and Creation - Chapter 2: Information Origins: Ordering the Primordial Alphabet Soup - Chapter 3: Cyber Wild West: Plunging into the Information Frontier - Chapter 4: The Universal Railroad: Connecting Realities - Chapter 5: Security? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Security! The Open Cyber Commune - Chapter 6: Whose Ideal Are We Talking About? Subjective Cyber Utopia - Chapter 7: Whose Ideal Are We Talking About? Subjective Cyber Utopia - Chapter 8: Human Flourishing in the Cyber Meta-Reality - Chapter 9: Meaning-Making - Chapter 10: Who's in Control? Our Cyber Overlords - Chapter 11: Who's Who? Are We Still Human? - Chapter 12: The Cyborg Revolution: Have You Been Assimilated? - Chapter 13: The Metaverse: Utopia or Dystopia? - Chapter 14: The Lotuses of Cyberspace: My Own Little World - Chapter 15: The Illusion of Control: Is Cyber Utopia Possible? - Chapter 16: Painting the Roses Red: The Human Need to Create and Master - Epilogue: Still Chaos After All These Years: A Postscript
