Z Babylonu do Silicon Valley a zpět – Šalomoun Jan Jakub (2023)

Today's world has shrunk to the size of a pocket. Behind the screens of our mobile phones, invisible algorithms fight for our attention 24 hours a day, utilizing the latest scientific knowledge from many fields of human understanding. They control what content is displayed to each user, and without us realizing it, they influence our judgment and actions, weakening our ability to distinguish fiction from reality, lies from truth. If we don't want to wander aimlessly in today's reality, we must first understand how these algorithms work, what mechanisms they use, and where they affect us. In your hands is the first comprehensive guide to the post-factual world in the Czech language. It will help you navigate how social media algorithms and addictive design work, what hidden corners of the human mind they exploit. You will become acquainted with the phenomena that contribute to the information chaos of the modern world, where facts have been declared opinions, and thus we are slowly returning to a time when even the roundness of the Earth was not a matter of fact, but merely a minority opinion. What do the presidential elections in the United States, the invasion of Ukraine, and the COVID-19 pandemic have in common? Primarily, they reflect one important reality. Our...