{"product_id":"the-information-animal-alicia-wanless-9780197835319","title":"The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality","description":"Depending on the news you read, new tools like AI will either save or destroy us. But our response to emerging technology's 'unprecedented' threats actually follows a pattern as old as civilisation. From ancient Athens to COVID-19, social media to spam, Alicia Wanless shows how humans have always consumed information, whether accurate or not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst a new technology changes how information is shared, broadening its availability and accelerating how fast it travels. Then, as more people engage with this new content, fresh ideas arise, often challenging prevailing beliefs. Some use the new tools to promote their views, win power or simply profit, adding to the mounting information pollution. Competition and conflict follow. We scramble--in vain--to control information flows and use of the new technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith democracies worldwide lurching from crisis to crisis, knee-jerk reactions to information conflict won't suffice. What's needed is an understanding of our nature as 'information animals', in a millennia-long relationship with technology--and of how a content-saturated world impacts the political battle for hearts and minds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alicia Wanless\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197835317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197835319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.60d","brand":"Alicia Wanless","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001080922367,"sku":"9780197835319","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e9d16c3-b96c-4256-8d3f-1e716c1cdf5e.jpg?v=1751600007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-information-animal-alicia-wanless-9780197835319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}