The Paradoxical Misconceptions of Transparency

The sheer volume of information and communication is no automatic guarantee of adequate clarification of reality. Some even argue that “the more information is set free, the more difficult it proves to survey the world” (p. 62). That is the position of Byung-Chul Han, a critic of contemporary socie...

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1. Verfasser: Ferreira, Marcelino
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Portugais
Veröffentlicht: Comunicação e sociedade 2025
Online Zugang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Zusammenfassung:The sheer volume of information and communication is no automatic guarantee of adequate clarification of reality. Some even argue that “the more information is set free, the more difficult it proves to survey the world” (p. 62). That is the position of Byung-Chul Han, a critic of contemporary society. “It has been demonstrated that more information does not necessarily lead to better decisions” (p. 15).Something similar was explained by the Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo in 1989 in a wor...