Dominique Chen’s new serial essay, “Fermentation and Generation: The ‘Desire Path’—An Alternative to Information Technology,” has launched on the web magazine Kangaeru Hito (The Thinker). New installments will be published every other week.
Has information technology lost the time needed for fermentation? In his acclaimed book Words That Shape the Future (Shincho Bunko), Dominique Chen explored new forms of expression capable of bridging the misunderstandings of the internet age. In this new series, he turns his attention to the age of AI, asking what a healthier relationship with information technology might look like today. Having stepped away from the major social media platforms himself, Chen embarks on a committed exploration of a new ethics of information technology. Along the “beast path” opened by fermentation and generative processes, what kind of landscape awaits us ahead?
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