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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
8. Google as God? Opportunities and Risks of the Information Age
Author : Dirk Helbing
Published in: Thinking Ahead - Essays on Big Data, Digital Revolution, and Participatory Market Society
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
If God did not exist—people would invent one! The development of human civilization requires mechanisms promoting cooperation and social order. One of these mechanisms is based on the idea that everything we do is seen and judged by God—bad deeds will be punished, while good ones will be rewarded. The Information Age has now fueled the dream that God-like omniscience and omnipotence can be created by man. This essay discusses the implications.