Breaking Babel

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Artificial Intelligence, Apocalypse, and the Revenge of Reality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

429 kr

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A profound analysis of the terrifying technologicalproject on which our world has embarked—and the ancient myth it recapitulates.Digital technology is hijacking our attention, colonizingour consciousness, harvesting our personal data, and destroying our souls. Wehave become a nation of addicts, unable to turn away from the glowing light ofthose digital devices which enchant and possess us. Furthermore, our disease isfacilitating the greatest concentration of power in history—except this timeour Tower of Babel is taking the form of a web composed of silicon andelectricity, a captivating and ubiquitous presence from which there is noescape.Or is there?As Mark T. Mitchell explains in Breaking Babel:Artificial Intelligence, Apocalypse, and the Revenge of Reality, just asthe biblical Babel toppled, collapsing under the weight of its own hubris, theattempt to overcome human limits is fated to fail. Techno-optimists’ feverdreams of immortality and unparalleled power will ultimately be frustrated.Although we are bound to experience a period of intense chaos and confusion,reality will not be cheated.Including practical advice for holding fast to the trulyhuman in this troubling moment. Breaking Babel is essential reading foranyone who wishes to stay sane in an era of increasing madness.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-26
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagCreed & Culture Books
ISBN9781967613212

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Mark T. Mitchell serves as the Dean of Academic Affairs atPatrick Henry College, where he also teaches political theory. His previous booksinclude Power and Purity: The Unholy Marriage that Spawned America’s SocialJustice Warriors; The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism,and the Crisis of Freedom; and Michael Polanyi: The Art of Knowing.Mitchell is cofounder of Front Porch Republic and a former fellow at the JamesMadison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.

Preface:The Coming InsanityIntroduction:A (Whole) New World Part 1 In the Beginning Was theWord1. TheTower of Babel as a Modern Myth2.Idolatry and Insanity3.Self-Naming and Apocalypse4. Symboland Eros5. Light,Logos, and Luciferian FireSummary ofPart 1 Part 2 Let Us Make a Name forOurselves6.Technological Pentecost and the New Gnosticism 7.“Seeming” as the New Reality8. ChatGPTand Diabolical Conjuring 9.Artificial Intelligence and Authentic Insanity10.Digital Tyranny I: Technological Enfeeblement and Social Isolation11.Digital Tyranny II: Economic Ephemeralization and Centerless Centralization12.Transhumanism and the Singularity: Who’s God Now? Summary ofPart 2 Part 3 In the Shadow of the Tower13. TheChauvinism of the Real 14. ThePrimacy of the Logos 15.Technosis or Theosis?Summary ofPart 3 Epilogue:The Tower Falls