Pay close attention to the argument against the Enlightenment picture of human nature as aggressive and self-interested. The digital age is perhaps most clearly understood as an overthrow of this fundamental assumption of the Enlightenment age. The enlightenment is a celebration of the individual in its freedom and autonomy; the Digital Age is the ideological revolution where we celebrate our unity as a cohesive whole.

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Redesign: Me to We

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