Very interesting comparison . I was wondering if in the digital world algorithms are the equivalent of the other authority vs your own version of reality. They have started guiding what shows up the best and takes control from you to a certain extent . In Dante's world too, the control was either with thr Pope or the emperor not with the common people in its true sense
Dante saw that peace required two authorities, not one will.
Today, we live the same tension: the State governs bodies, the Network shapes minds.
Freedom begins by recognizing where each power ends and where it must not rule.
Very interesting comparison . I was wondering if in the digital world algorithms are the equivalent of the other authority vs your own version of reality. They have started guiding what shows up the best and takes control from you to a certain extent . In Dante's world too, the control was either with thr Pope or the emperor not with the common people in its true sense
''....The Pope cared for the soul, preparing it for heaven....''.
''....religion, the metaphysics of common people...'' - Arthur Schopenhauer