Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Coeckelbergh Mark
Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Coeckelbergh Mark We are obsessed with self-improvement; it's a billion-dollar industry. Obsessed with the endless…
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Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Coeckelbergh Mark
We are obsessed with self-improvement; it's a billion-dollar industry. Obsessed with the endless task of perfecting ourselves, we have become restless, anxious, and desperate. But apps, workshops, speakers, retreats, and life hacks have not made us happier.
The culture of self-improvement stems from philosophical classics, perfectionist religions, and a ruthless strain of capitalism--but today, new technologies shape what it means to improve the self. We are improving ourselves to death. The old humanist culture has given way to artificial intelligence, social media, and big data: powerful tools that do not only inform us but also measure, compare, and perhaps change us forever.This book shows how self-improvement culture became so toxic--and why we need both a new concept of the self and a mission of social change in order to escape it.
Mark Coeckelbergh delves into the history