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Totalitarianism: Totalitarianism is a political form of rule that is characterized by an unrestricted claim to power over the ruled. This claim to power extends to all areas of life, including the public and private spheres. See also dictatorship, rule, society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jaron Lanier on Totalitarianism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 39 Cybernetic totalitarianism/Lanier: transfers metaphors from various strands of computer science to humans and the rest of reality. I 70 There is an increasing tendency towards multiple-choice identities by reducing people to the answers to the questions that have been presented to them. When a church or state does such things, we consider them authoritarian, but when technologists are the culprits, it is considered hip, fresh and innovative. >Social networks, >Social media, >Advertising, >Internet, >Internet Culture, >Internet Law, >Internet Protocol, >Internet Security, >World Wide Web, >Markets, >Innovation, >Progress, >Technology, >Technocracy, >Questions, >Answers, >Question Answering, cf. >E. Morozov, >Y.Benkler, >E. Pariser, >E. Pariser, >J. Zittrain, >L. Lessig._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Lanier I Jaron Lanier You are not a Gadget. A Manifesto, New York 2010 German Edition: Gadget: Warum die Zukunft uns noch braucht Frankfurt/M. 2012 |