ORDO AI CHAO – Learning Against Learning: Information Overload from Cardinal Wolsey to Artificial Intelligence
Abstract This paper traces the historical trajectory of learning against learning, a phrase attributed to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the early 16th century to describe the destabilizing effects of proliferating knowledge. Beginning with the printing press revolution, the analysis examines successive phases of information overload: the Enlightenment’s pamphlet culture, the Industrial Age’s mass media saturation, … Read more