The History of Information

今日、私たちは情報の技術革命の真っ只中にいると言われています。
それは人工知能です。私たちの将来に、”情報” が何を意味するかを理解するには、過去を振り返る必要があります。

情報を取り扱う技術は目新しいものではありません。それは問題を解決する能力であり、歴史を通じて私たちは問題解決能力の向上に努めてきました。
私たちは、情報を記録、共有、処理する新しい方法を開発することでこれを実現してきました。文字や印刷物からラジオ、コンピューター、インターネットまで、新しい情報ツールはどれも導入されると革命を起こしました。

この絵本は情報がどのように広がっていったかを理解することできます。そしてそこから私たちは自分たちの未来を垣間見ることができるのではないかと思います。

『A Bit Lost』（「ちょっとだけまいご」BL出版）でデビューしたあと、たくさんの絵本を発表してきたアイルランドの絵本作家クリス・ホートンさんの情報についてのずかん絵本です。

The History of Information
by Chris Haughton (Author)
Format:Hardback 144 pages
Publisher:Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Imprint:DK Children
ISBN:9780241553916
Published:5 Sep 2024
Weight:1006g
Dimensions:287 x 235 x 20 (mm)
Pub. Country:United Kingdom

Description
A journey through the evolution of knowledge, communication, and information. The debut non-fiction book by best-selling author Chris Haughton. History, as it is often taught, is a list of kings and queens and treaties and events.

It presents the what and when, but it rarely asks why. Why is it that we had kings and queens at all?Why then all of a sudden did we abandon them and shift to democracies?Why did the world’s religions rise around the same time?Why is society dominated by men?The answers all come down to the same thing: information. The striving to share information, and – at the same time – the striving to undermine it, explains so much of today's world and connects so many seemingly unconnected things: the rise of religions, states, science, democracy, the west, militarism, racism, fascism, consumerism, big tech, polarisation, and AI.

This history of information is closely connected to the history of visual communication – and as these two are largely the same – it makes sense to tell this story visually: a history of graphics told through graphics. The History of Information, through a mix of timelines, graphics, and illustrations, clearly breaks down and explains each concept for children and adults alike. The History of Information includes:A beautiful look at the story of information; from the first languages and cave paintings, through to how we communicate and record information today.

Content written and illustrated by world famous and multi-award winning author and illustrator, Chris Haughton. A global journey throughout history from the origination of language, how information has been passed on and recorded, and how this affected humanity.