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01787aam a2200289Ii 4500 001 79AC48741DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201103011456 008 191006s2020 gw a b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9783110679816 020 $a 3110679817 035 $a (OCoLC)1122457399 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d YDXIT $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d ERASA $d SILO 050 4 $a N72 S6 U835x 2020 245 00 $a Uselessness : $b humankind's most valuable tool? / $c edited by Michelle Howard and Luciano Parodi. 264 1 $a Berlin ; $b De Gruyter, $c [2020] 300 $a 152 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 8 $a Is uselessness a tool? The acquisition of tools is the secret to humankind?s success and what distinguishes us from animals. However, we also use tools to tell stories and produce objects that are perplexingly useless. Uselessness rarely meets our expectations, but can also be fascinating and liberating, because it eludes the logic of the "use = value" equation. In the Modern Age usefulness became a priority: with reference to space, production or training. Yet futurologists today predict that one product of artificial intelligence will be a "useless" future. If the future makes us useless, it will be necessary to reconsider our attitude toward uselessness. The texts in this interdisciplinary reader illuminate the potential creativity the future can bring in light of this development. 650 0 $a Art and society. 650 0 $a Art $x Philosophy. 700 1 $a Howard, Michelle, $e editor. 700 1 $a Parodi, Luciano, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105041026.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=79AC48741DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search