Among today’s scenarios characterised by the most radical and sudden changes, the unprecedented proliferation of data and documents stands out. The extraordinary scale of the phenomenon, which affects people and means, social and human relations, is masterfully described by Maurizio Ferraris in Documanità (Laterza), which analyses the emergence of big data as a commodity of incomparable value.

Maurizio Ferraris

Philosopher and academic, he is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Turin.

In conversation with Antonio Siracusano, La Gazzetta del Sud.