Uselessness

Uselessness
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9783110679830
ISBN-13 : 3110679833
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Book Synopsis Uselessness by : Michelle Howard

Download or read book Uselessness written by Michelle Howard and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is uselessness a tool? The acquisition of tools is the secret to humankind’s success and what distinguishes us from animals. However, we also use tools to tell stories and produce objects that are perplexingly useless. Uselessness rarely meets our expectations, but can also be fascinating and liberating, because it eludes the logic of the "use = value" equation. In the Modern Age usefulness became a priority: with reference to space, production or training. Yet futurologists today predict that one product of artificial intelligence will be a "useless" future. If the future makes us useless, it will be necessary to reconsider our attitude toward uselessness. The texts in this interdisciplinary reader illuminate the potential creativity the future can bring in light of this development.


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