In this volume leading scholars in the arts and sciences discuss how information has been
transmitted throughout history. It addresses the multiple challenges of the digital age
particularly with regard to our personal data. Amid growing tension between a cognitive elite
and those excluded from public discourse and decision-making editors Kurt Almqvist and Mattias
Hessérus ask: will our information society turn out to be an era of enlightenment or are we
entering a new dark age for knowledge? Contributors include: Erica Benner Gill Bennett Maria
Borelius Peter Burke Nicholas Carr Christopher Coker Peter Frankopan Jessica Frazier
David Goodhart Michael Goodman Janne Haaland Matláry John Hemming Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Martin Ingvar Andrew Keen Elisabeth Kendall Claire Lehmann Iain Martin Simon Mayall
Richard Miles Fraser Nelson Brendan O'Neill Mark Pagel Mark Plotkin Nathan Shachar
Mariano Sigman M. Antoni J. Ucerler and Adrian Wooldridge.