Technologies of Hope
A Conversation with Luciano Floridi
Gian Maria Tosatti We can measure the value of certain cultural elements by observing their spread through popular literature. In recent years, the concept of the avatar, for example, has transcended the boundaries of the digital-technical world to which it belongs, and become a point of great attraction for cinema and above all, TV series, […]
In a Thousand Pieces
A Reading of Extreme Self by Basar, Coupland and Obrist Chiara Bardelli Nonino It is said that, for fear of shattering into a thousand pieces, King Charles VI of France walked around wrapped from head to toe in blankets. The so-called ‘glass delusion’ had reached its peak: apparently, advances in glassmaking had not only triggered […]
A Scanner Darkly
Preliminary Remarks on the Metaverse
Nicolas Martino There is much talk about what seems to be another global transformation underway, a qualitative leap, so to speak, whereby reality as we have known so far will become something completely different, an alien and augmented ‘outside’. It is difficult to imagine the singular and collective consequences of this revolution – some already […]
