{"product_id":"quantum-ecology-isbn-9780262546218","title":"Quantum Ecology","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the emerging quantum technological paradigm and its effects on human consciousness and cultures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQuantum Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e, Stefano Calzati and Derrick de Kerckhove identify three technological ecologies—linguistic, digital, and quantum—to better understand today’s shattered globalized contemporaneity and navigate the impact of soon-to-come quantum information technologies. Today’s societies, based as they are on language and writing, face disruption brought on by digital transformation, which is not predicated on sharing meaning but on sheer computability. This produces what the authors call an “epistemological crisis.” From here, the book explores how emerging quantum computers and communication will trigger an even deeper existential shift based on quantum physics’ principles of discreteness, uncertainty, and entanglement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnriched with evidence from biology, anthropology, sociolinguistics, and information and cognitive sciences, the authors draw upon diverse case studies to sustain a convincing philosophical and political argument. The book’s chapters move from a discussion about the coevolution of humans and language to the codependence of writing, thinking, and innovation, then proceed to investigate “datacracy,” the power of algorithms. Finally, the authors outline the looming psychocultural effects and geopolitical challenges of the nascent quantum technological paradigm.Contents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1   Language: Alphabetics and Logographic World-Sensing\u003cbr\u003e2   Epistemology: Language and Data Superimposed\u003cbr\u003e3   Digitalization: Entangled Datacracy\u003cbr\u003e4   Politics: The Realpolitik of Quantum Fields\u003cbr\u003e5   Ecology: A Possible Quantum-Based Paradigm\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex“\u003ci\u003eQuantum Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e articulates a new sociotechnical vision, escaping ‘illusory objectivities of the classical worldview.’ Through multiple venues, the authors articulate changing values and context of our new quantum world: aesthetic, ethical, epistemological.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Timothy E. Eastman, physicist and philosopher; author of \u003ci\u003eUntying the Gordian Knot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book contains valuable ideas to support policymakers in allowing the new realities that emerge from quantum technologies to be more accessible and inclusive.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Naouma Kourti, Officer of the European Commission\u003c\/b\u003eStefano Calzati is currently a Senior Researcher at Delft University of Technology. Previously, he worked at Tallinn University of Technology and the City University of Hong Kong. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMediating Travel Writing, Mediated China\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDerrick de Kerckhove is former Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. He is the Scientific Director of the the TuttiMedia Observatory and has authored several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Skin of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConnected Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305078411493,"sku":"NP9780262546218","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546218.jpg?v=1767735258","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/quantum-ecology-isbn-9780262546218","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}