The Phantom of Numbers and the Fog of Capital:the New Alienation of Humanity in the Immaterial Algorithm World
The whole society is trapped in the digital,intelligent and intangible barriers in the digital age.While humans have gained unprecedented freedom in accessing material resources,the extreme growth of material wealth has been accompanied by spiritual lethargy,"one-dimensionality"leading to a new form of alienation for hu-manity.Digitization has terminated the paradigm of objects which subjugate them to information specifically.People are no longer"dasein"but rather"organism information",and losing their agency and autonomy in a world con-trolled by algorithms increasingly.A compromised society coexists with a meritocracy while having no choice be-comes a political analgesic.The conquered are unaware of their own subjugation,willingly exploiting themselves to the extreme in the belief of self-realization.Freedom is not suppressed but rather exhausted through exploitation.Everyone is susceptible to forget the intellectual virtues of moderation and prudence in the anxious era of digital sat-uration.The collapse of the unity of truth,goodness and beauty further intensifies the non-spiritualization of human life experiences.Facing and examining the alienation of humans in the digital age which provides ideological sup-port for transcending digital capitalism,and gaining insight into the world's pain points,overcoming modernity's ills,discarding the alienation of digital capital on human sentient life and maintaining spiritual tranquility.
digital capitalimmaterialself-exploitationspiritual exhaustionaesthetic discipline