The Most Useful Thing
After writing and printing, Naomi Alderman argues that digital communication has brought about the third great information crisis.
In this wide-ranging series, award-winning novelist Naomi Alderman, author of The Power and The Future, argues we are living through the third great information crisis. Following the invention of writing, and then printing, we now have digital communications technology. In what she describes as a 'speculative historical project', Naomi traces the parallels between these moments, asking if we can learn from the past to help us cope with the βenormous wave of informationβ from the internet and social media that we are all faced with today. Drawing on the work of philosophers and historians, she explores the way new technologies open up new ways of thinking and their enormous impact on our society.
Written and read by Naomi Alderman
Produced by Di Speirs.
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- Mon 8 Jul 2024 11:45ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 9 Jul 2024 00:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4