From the Publisher
“This original and timely book guides us with great mastery through the algorithmic conditions in which we find ourselves increasingly immersed. It raises important questions about the agency of the individual within our new relational assemblages, and identifies the need for a post-anthropocentric politics in order to deal with this new human-digital complexity. A must-read for all who are grappling with this brave new world.” (Matt York, Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Ireland)
“A substantial contribution to the field of digitalisation which highlights profoundly startling transformations that will be seen more in governance, coding, the formation of law… Apart from meticulously drawing attention to the predominant function of algorithms, Kalpokas strikingly presents a premonition about a grim future in a critical way, where observation and control will prevail even more strongly in our lives.” (Seda Mengü, Department of Public Relations and Advertising, Istanbul University, Turkey)
“In his extraordinarily timely book, Ignas Kalpokas provides us with an insightful perspective on the relation between algorithmic governance and individual agency. Embedded within a posthumanist framework, the study compares that new form of regulation – code, with the one we are all familiar with – law. This is a must-read for anyone interested in learning how the algorithms steer our everyday lives.” (Maria Burczynska, Department of History, Politics and War Studies, University of Wolverhampton, UK)
