Synthesis

Synthesis: The Symbioses of Humans and AI explores the philosophy of history, specifically challenging Hegel's linear, metaphysical interpretations. I propose a new perspective that combines culture, economy, and technology, rejecting the notion of a historical endpoint. This book examines three cultural formats—Indigenous, flexible, and open—and contrasts economic philosophy with bureaucratic function, tracing the rise of Homo-economicus. I categorize human civilization into three stages based on meaning, offering a historical analysis of this concept's evolution. The first chapter outlines the need for a new philosophy of history. The second explores the three cultural paradigms shaping human history. The third analyzes capitalism's role as history's driving force and the emergence of Homo-economicus. The fourth traces technology's development and its relation to the three civilizational stages: the age of meaning, the fall of metaphysics, and the age of synthesis. The fifth examines the connected histories of technology and war. The final chapter presents the book's central thesis: the synthesis of humans and AI, its challenges, and its potential for humanity's future. Tanıtım Metni