Too Numerous
Too Numerous by Kent Shaw, published by University of Massachusetts Press in 2019, is a thought-provoking exploration of the intersection between humanity and information culture. This edition spans 69 pages and is presented in English. The book delves into the implications of viewing people as mere bytes of data, questioning the aesthetic and imaginative potential inherent in the databases that catalog our lives.
Readers will find a nuanced examination of how raw data can be reshaped for various purposes, ranging from the ridiculous to the melancholic. Shaw grapples with the impersonality of accumulating personal information, highlighting both the beauty and barriers that arise from this phenomenon. Through a series of essays and poetic reflections, the work invites contemplation on the complexities of identity in an increasingly digital world.
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What does it really mean when people are viewed as bytes of data? And is there beauty or an imaginative potential to information culture and the databases cataloging it? As Too Numerous reveals, the raw material of bytes and data points can be reshaped and repurposed for ridiculous, melancholic, and even aesthetic purposes.
Grappling with an information culture that is both intimidating and daunting, Kent Shaw considers the impersonality represented by the continuing accumulation of personal information and the felicities–and barriers–that result: “The us that was inside us was magnificent structures. And they weren’t going to grow any larger.”
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