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Rated New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future 10/10

In The Guardian’s review of this book they said enjoyment of it depends on whether you are a glass half full or half emtpy kind of person. Very much true, I think. New Dark Age describes a lot of dark consequences of what Bridle calls ‘computational thinking’, the idea of throwing tech at every problem. This thinking seems prominent in Silicon Valley and it is dangerous, Bridle explains, because our problems are less about what we know (data) and much more about what we do and think. Those who are aware of this, enlightened by what Bridle writes, can update their attitude towards tech and see our current world state as a half full glass. And that’s good.

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Published 2026-08-24 08:58 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere