{"product_id":"all-and-nothing-martin-burckhardt-9780262534253","title":"All and Nothing: A Digital Apocalypse","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy 1 = presence and 0 = absence and the digital world formula is \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e = \u003ci\u003exn\u003c\/i\u003e an exploration of meaning in a universe of infinite replication.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning was the Zero, and the Zero was with God, and God was the One.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAll and Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1854, the British mathematician George Boole presented the idea of a universe the elements of which could be understood in terms of the logic of absence and presence: 0 and 1, all and nothing--the foundation of binary code. The Boolean digits 0 and 1 do not designate a quantity. In the Boolean world, \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e times \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e always equals x; all and nothing meet in the formula \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e = \u003ci\u003exn\u003c\/i\u003e. As everything becomes digitized, God the clockmaker is replaced by God the programmer. This book-described by its authors as \"a theology for the digital world\"--explores meaning in a digital age of infinite replication, in a world that has dissolved into information and achieved immortality by turning into a pure sign. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll and Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e compares information that spreads without restraint to a hydra--the mythological monster that grew two heads for every one that was cut off. Information is thousand-headed and thousand-eyed because Hydra's tracks cannot be deleted. It shows that when we sit in front of a screen, we are actually on the other side, looking at the world as an uncanny reminder of the nondigitized. It compares our personal data to our shadows and our souls, envisioning the subconscious laid out on a digital bier like a corpse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe digital world, the authors explain, summons forth fantasies of a chiliastic or apocalyptic nature. The goal of removing the representative from mathematics has now been achieved on a greater scale than Boole could have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Burckhardt,Dirk Hofer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262534258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262534253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Martin Burckhardt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086453551359,"sku":"9780262534253","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64682296-432e-4f95-b5c5-c99a6ec26181.jpg?v=1769094764","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-and-nothing-martin-burckhardt-9780262534253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}