1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460473203321

Autore

Becker Jan

Titolo

Big data investments : effects of internet search queries on German stocks / / Jan Becker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, [Germany] : , : Diplomica Verlag, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-95934-097-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Collana

Reihe Alternative Investments ; ; Band 7

Disciplina

332.64243

Soggetti

Stocks - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793005003321

Autore

Hodder Ian

Titolo

Where Are We Heading? : The Evolution of Humans and Things / / Ian Hodder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-300-24039-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 179 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Foundational Questions in Science

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Material culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Question -- 2. The Idea of Progress -- 3. Does Biological Evolution Provide an Answer? -- 4. Humans and Things -- 5. Webs of Dependency -- 6. The Generation of Change -- 7. Path Dependence and Two Forms of Directionality -- 8. Why the Question Matters -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A theory of human evolution and history based on ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural selection. Instead, he proposes a theory of human evolution and history based on "entanglement," the ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things. Not only do humans become dependent on things, Hodder asserts, but things become dependent on humans, requiring an endless succession of new innovations. It is this mutual dependency that creates the dominant trend in both cultural and genetic evolution. He selects a small number of cases, ranging in significance from the invention of the wheel down to Christmas tree lights, to show how entanglement has created webs of human-thing dependency that encircle the world and limit our responses to global crises.