The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World

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A constellation of everyday digital phenomena is rewiring our inner lives, argues Laurence Scott We are increasingly coaxed from the third dimensional containment of our pre digital selves into a wonderful and eerie fourth dimension, a world of ceaseless communication, instant information and global connection.Our portals to this new world have been wedged open, and the silhouette of a figure is slowly taking shape But what does it feel like to be four dimensional How do digital technologies influence the rhythms of our thoughts, the style and tilt of our consciousness What new sensitivities and sensibilities are emerging with our exposure to the delights, sorrows and anxieties of a networked world And how do we live in public, with these recoded private lives Tackling ideas of time, space, isolation, silence and threat how our modern day anxieties manifest online and moving from Hamlet to the ghosts of social media, from Seinfeld to the fall of Gaddafi, from Twitter art to Oedipus, The Four Dimensional Human is a highly original and pioneering portrait of life in a digital landscape. Download The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World – kino-fada.fr You are no doubt reading this on a screen, most likely some sort of tablet or phone, but it could be on a computer This constant interaction with the 1 s and 0 s of the digital world is starting to have an effect on our own lives, as we are drawn into a world of constant connection, information at your fingertips and 24 hour communication Scott calls this new persona, the four dim... The Four Dimensional Human invites us to think about how digitization has changed our lives It s not a book about dooms day warnings of how technology will ruin us, but rather, gently nudges us to think about what it means to be connected to the cloud at all times What does it mean for our sense of a body, when we are constantly bodiless on the net What meanings do space and place have, when I can be where you are with the click of a button or a swipe on a screen Scott s writing style combi The Four Dimensional Human invites us to think about how digitization has changed our lives It s not a book about dooms day warnings of how technology will ruin us, but rather, gently nudges us to think about what it means to be connected ...This is a difficult book to write about and very hard to describe It s basically a study of how networked life , ie 24 7 connection to the internet and social media and the ability to constantly communicate across almost all physical borders, has transformed the human experience, and what that means for us But it s a sprawling sort of book that goes in loads of different directions, rather than presenting a single argument If this sounds a bit incoherent, it sometim...The introduction alone is worth the price of admission I feel like sometimes he gets a little carried away in his grand and super verbose similes and references, but then he ll turn around and slap you with beautiful insights It s such a pleasure to read about our modern, connected lives witho...I recieved a free copy of this book in return for an honest review It s been a few months I ve made many attempts to reach the end but have finally had to admit defeat, this book really isn t for me.A non ...Talk about waxy This Scott dude can certainly stretch an idea He argues, semi convincingly, that digital devices and social media are the 4th dimension We re somewhere else when we re really here Or vice versa or something Social media makes a moment four dimensional by scaffolding it with simultaneity, such that it exists in multiple places at once xv But he also gives an example of writing a postcard doing the same thing, so isn t it any distraction removing you from the present Talk about waxy This Scott dude can certainly stretch an idea He argues, semi convincingly, that digital devices and social media are the 4th dimension We re somewhere else when we re really here Or v...As a piece of philosophical and critical writing this book has its flaws As a piece of entertaining commentary on daily digital interaction it is hugely effective Scott adopts a fairly systematic approach early on He reminisces about some piece of pop culture trivia or literary moment and then finds a way to use it as a metaphorical entry into the changing themes of his study He zips along from tennis, to Oscar Wilde, via 80s children s TV and a late and ineffective use of the desert as sp As a piece of philosophical and critical writing this book has its flaws As a piece of entertaining commentary on daily digital interaction it is hugely effective Scott adopts a fairly systematic approach early on He reminisces about some piece of pop culture trivia or literary moment and then finds a way to use it as a metaphorical entry into the changing themes of his study He zips along from tennis, to Oscar Wilde, via 80s children s TV and a late and ineffective use of the desert as spiritual and geographical analogue for the emptiness of modern digital existence Whilst this tactic is repetiti...Scott deeply understands the internet, and wastes few words on empty ideas, and covers vast ground accessible from his Comparative Literature PhD and broad artistic interests Carefully choose descriptive words and obscure yet appropriate metaphors and examples, this book often sent me to google for erudition, and never wasted my curiosity.Best moments are countless, including Duschamps Toilet Timescales as Porn Proust Dorian Grey Flatland, and several personal brushes with death.I couldn Scott deeply understands the internet, and wastes few words on empty ideas, and covers vast ground accessible from his Comparative Literature PhD and broad artistic interests Carefully choose descriptive words and obscure yet appropriate metaphors and examples, this book often sent me to google for erudition, and never wasted my curiosity.Best moments are countless, including Duschamps Toilet Timescales as Porn Proust Dorian Grey Flatland, and several personal brushes with death.I couldn t read this book wi...I very much enjoyed reading this book, but whenever I talk about it, I feel the need to reserve myself The Four Dimensional Human explores the ways in which digital networks have changed our ways of living and being in the world a highly worthwhile subject, imho Laurence Scott uses the pop academic s medley of sociological, mythological, literary, and crit theoretical lenses to examine our modern fascinations and to subsume our behaviors into conceptual frameworks, all snugly fitted into hi I very much enjoyed reading this book, but whenever I talk about it, I feel the need to reserve myself The Four Dimensional Human explores the ways in which digital networks have changed our ways of living and being in the world a highly worthwhile subject, imho Laurence Scott uses the pop academic s medley of sociological, mythological, literary, and crit theoretical lenses to examine our modern fascinations and to subsume our behaviors into conceptual frameworks, ...Scott deeply understands the internet, and wastes few words on empty ideas, and covers vast ground accessible from his Comparative Literature PhD and broad artistic interests Carefully choose descriptive words and obscure yet appropriate metaphors and examples, this book often sent me to google for erudition, a...

The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World
  • English
  • 02 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 246 pages
  • 0434023116
  • Laurence Scott
  • The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World