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Are people with autism giving us a glimpse into our future human
condition? Could we be driving our own evolution with our
technology and, in fact, be witnessing the beginning of the next
stage of human evolution? The thesis at the center of this book is
that since we have delegated the ability to read context to
contextual technologies such as social media, location, and
sensors, we have become context blind. Since context blindness-or
caetextia in Latin-is one of the most dominant symptoms of autistic
behavior at the highest levels of the spectrum, people with autism
may indeed be giving us a peek into our human condition soon. We
could be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human
evolution-Homo caetextus. With increasingly frequent floods and
fires and unbearably hot summers, the human footprint on our planet
should be evident to all, but it is not because we are context
blind. We can now see and feel global warming. We are witnessing
evolution in real-time and birthing our successor species. Our
great-grandchildren may be a species very distinct from us. This
book is a must for all communication and media studies courses
dealing with digital technology, media, culture, and society. And a
general reading public concerned with the polarized public sphere,
difficulties in sustaining democratic governance, rampant
conspiracies, and phenomena such as cancel culture and the need for
trigger warnings and safe spaces, will find it enlightening.
Are people with autism giving us a glimpse into our future human
condition? Could we be driving our own evolution with our
technology and, in fact, be witnessing the beginning of the next
stage of human evolution? The thesis at the center of this book is
that since we have delegated the ability to read context to
contextual technologies such as social media, location, and
sensors, we have become context blind. Since context blindness-or
caetextia in Latin-is one of the most dominant symptoms of autistic
behavior at the highest levels of the spectrum, people with autism
may indeed be giving us a peek into our human condition soon. We
could be witnessing the beginning of the next stage of human
evolution-Homo caetextus. With increasingly frequent floods and
fires and unbearably hot summers, the human footprint on our planet
should be evident to all, but it is not because we are context
blind. We can now see and feel global warming. We are witnessing
evolution in real-time and birthing our successor species. Our
great-grandchildren may be a species very distinct from us. This
book is a must for all communication and media studies courses
dealing with digital technology, media, culture, and society. And a
general reading public concerned with the polarized public sphere,
difficulties in sustaining democratic governance, rampant
conspiracies, and phenomena such as cancel culture and the need for
trigger warnings and safe spaces, will find it enlightening.
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