How We Became Our Data: A Genealogy of the Informational Person
How We Became Our Data examines the emergence of the informational person and considers how data has shaped modern ideas about identity and human life. Colin Koopman presents a genealogical study of information’s role in contemporary thought, connecting technology with philosophical, social, and historical questions.
About This Book
How We Became Our Data explores the idea of the informational person.
The book considers how data and information relate to understandings of identity and human life.
Framed as a genealogy, it traces the development of this informational perspective.
Colin Koopman offers a work at the intersection of technology, philosophy, social science, and history.
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