Homo Digitalis How digitalisation makes us more human Thierry Geerts The reason why technology is a means to improve the well-being of humanity Look right into the eyes of our biggest doubts towards digitalisation, and discover how the digital turn can actually lead to more well-being and happiness From the author of Digitalis, which has sold over 20,000 copies Will digitalisation disrupt our entire civilisation and culture? Will we all end up as cyborgs? And above all: are we still in control? In Homo Digitalis, Thierry Geerts, County manager of Google Belgium, looks at humanity during this digital turn. He demystifies our fears of digitalisation and describes the countless chances that it has to offer to humanity and society. He argues that technology as such is neutral. It is humanity’s job to seize with both hands the opportunities that digitalisation has to offer and use it to acquire more welfare and happiness.
140 x 210 mm | 160 pages | 27,100 words paperback with flaps | all rights available English and French manuscript available
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Thierry Geerts encourages us to become a conscious Homo Digitalis, someone who is confident in dealing with technology and can, consequently, become more human: more creative, with more space for depth, focus, care and those things that really matter. The Homo Sapiens is now a Homo Digitalis. Thierry Geerts has been the director of Google Belgium and Luxembourg since 2011. He graduated as a commercial engineer from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.
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Digitalis Simplified Chinese rights sold English and French manuscript available
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