In the Shadow of the Machine: The Prehistory of the Computer and the Evolution of Consciousness - The Prehistory of the Computer and the Evolution of Consciousness (Naydler Jeremy)(Paperback)

Contemporary life is deeply reliant on digital technology, and computers have come to dominate nearly every aspect of our culture. What is the philosophical and spiritual significance of this dependence on electronic technology for our relationship to nature and for the future of humanity? Moreover, what processes in human perception and awareness have produced the situation in which we find ourselves?As Jeremy Naydler elucidates in this penetrating study, we cannot understand the emergence of the computer without seeing it within the wider context of the evolution of human consciousness over millennia. He shows how modern consciousness has evolved in conjunction with the development of machines and their increasing shadow.Computers are the product of a long historical development, culminating in the scientific revolution of the seventeenthcentury. During that period
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