IN DEFENCE OF SERENDIPITY/ FOR A RADICAL POLITICS OF INNOVATION

In Defence of Serendipity is a lively and buccaneering work of investigative philosophy, treating the origins of serendipity, accide nt and sagacity, both as riddles and philosophical concepts that can be put to a future political use. Taking in Aristotle, LSD, Ton y Blair and techno-mysticism, Olma challenges the prevailing faith in the benevolenceof digital technology and the illegitimate equa tion of innovation and entrepreneurship, arguing instead that we musttake responsibility for the care of society s digital infrastru cture, a...[Read more]