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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The Digital Mind: How Computers (Re)Structure Human Consciousness
Beteiligte:
Ott, Brian L.
Erschienen:
MDPI AG, 2023
Erschienen in:Philosophies
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3390/philosophies8010004
ISSN:
2409-9287
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<jats:p>Technologies of communication condition human sense-making. They do so by creating the social environment we inhabit and extending their structural biases and logics through human use. As such, this essay inquires into the prevailing habits of mind in the digital era. Employing a media ecology of communication, I argue that digital computers and microprocessors are defined by three structural properties and, hence, underlying logics: digitization (binary code), algorithmic execution (input/output), and efficiency (machine logic). Repeated exposure to these logics cultivates a digital mind, a model of thinking, communicating, and sense-making characterized by intransigence, impertinence, and impulsivity. I conclude the essay by exploring the broader implications of a digital mind, paying particular attention to the challenges it poses to democratic politics.</jats:p>