Peter T. Bryant

Augmented Humanity: Being and Remaining Agentic in a Digitalized World

Augmented Humanity: Being and Remaining Agentic in a Digitalized World

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This open-access book explores the implications of digitalization for understanding humanity as a community of intelligent agents, highlighting the expansion of intelligent processing capability and the challenges it presents for integrating artificial and human capabilities. It addresses bounded rationality, cognitive intersubjectivity, learning from performance, and agentic self-generation, and discusses the novel methods and patterns of reasoned thought that emerge in a digitalized world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 308 pages
Publication date: 04 August 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG


This open-access book delves into the profound implications of digitalization on our understanding of humanity,viewed as a collective of intelligent agents. It addresses crucial topics spanning various social and behavioral theories,unveiling a multitude of novel mechanisms and their societal impacts. Throughout the book,the author emphasizes the remarkable expansion of intelligent processing capabilities brought about by digitalization,while simultaneously highlighting the challenges posed in integrating artificial and human capabilities. The text explores the altered effects of bounded rationality in problem-solving and decision-making,as well as related shifts in the perception of rationality,including the emergence of novel myopias and biases. It also endeavors to address cognitive intersubjectivity,learning from performance,and agentic self-generation. Moreover,the book explores the novel methods and patterns of reasoned thought that emerge in a digitalized world,and how these mechanisms intertwine to shape and redefine the world of human experience and understanding.

This book will appeal to a diverse audience of students and scholars across applied psychology,cognitive and behavioral science,organizational psychology and management,business,finance,and digital cultures and humanities. It serves as a valuable resource for those seeking to explore the intricate interplay between technology,agency,and human experiences in the rapidly evolving digital age.

Weight: 414g
Dimension: 147 x 210 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030764470
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021

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