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Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers detailed insights into the empirical relationships between overall social key figures of states and cultures in the fields of information and communication technology (ICT) (digital divide/inequality), the economy, education and religion. Its goal is to bridge the 'cultural gap' between computer scientists, engineers, economists, social and political scientists by providing a mutual understanding of the essential challenges posed and opportunities offered by a global information and knowledge society.
In a sense, the historically unprecedented technical advances in the field of ICT are shaping humanity at different levels and forming a hybrid (intelligent) human-technology system, a so-called global superorganism. The main innovation is the combined study of digitization and globalization in the context of growing social inequalities, collapse, and sustainable development, and how a convergencetowards a kind of global culture could take place. Accordingly, the book discusses the spread of ICT, Internet Governance, the balance between the central concentration of power and the extent of decentralized power distribution, the inclusion or exclusion of people and states in global communication processes, and the capacity for global empathy or culture.
List of contents
Introduction.- Fundamentals.- State of Affairs.- Global Networking: Relation to Economic Performance and Education Level.- Global Networking and Worldview.- Global Networking, Power and Control Issues.- The Global Superorganism as an Intelligent Human Technology System.- The Global Superorganism as an Intelligent Human-Technology System.- Closing Remarks.
Summary
Presents a study of globalization and the diverse cultures representing the transition to a digital future in the context of sustainable development Focuses on convergence and the current divides in technology usage in the information age, particularly the most recent and most powerful one: the Internet
Presents detailed analyses with profound statistical and mathematical methods
