We Were Always Human

The above paragraph is actually not about the Internet. It is about writing, and it is attributed to Plato (Plato 1997, 552). The text in brackets originally read “the written word” or “written down.” Many new technologies are accompanied by loud protests of loss of humanity, and a common thread run...

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Published inHuman No More p. 33
Main Author Zeynep Tufekci
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University Press of Colorado 12.08.2012
Subjects
Applied philosophy
Applied sciences
Behavioral sciences
Communication systems
Communications
Communications technology
Computer mediated communications
Digital communication systems
Experimentation
Friendship
Government
Government agencies
Group identity
Human behavior
Identity theory
Intelligence services
Internet
Interpersonal relations
Metaphysics
Monism
Online identity
Online social networking
Ontology
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Political science
Psychology
Scientific method
Social behavior
Social interaction
Social media
Social psychology
Social sciences
Sociality
Surveillance
Technology
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Summary:The above paragraph is actually not about the Internet. It is about writing, and it is attributed to Plato (Plato 1997, 552). The text in brackets originally read “the written word” or “written down.” Many new technologies are accompanied by loud protests of loss of humanity, and a common thread runs through them. Plato encapsulates the heart of the oft-repeated argument with his claim that writing robbed words of their soul by freezing them into an immutable medium rather than the flesh and blood human who can talk, respond, and listen in context. As I will argue, this unease stems
ISBN:9781607321699
1607321696
9781607321897
1607321890
DOI:10.5876/9781607321705.c02