Ulrıch Eberl conveys remarkable statistics while explaining that he lived a period in which the world was almost drowned in his book in which he studied artificial intelligence. According to the estimates made by scientists, human beings produced 2 exabytes (2 billion gigabytes) of information in 2 thousand years. Today, this data was produced in a single day. According to the information provided by the International Data Center, the scope of the digital universe increased to 8,6 zetabays in 2015; that is 8 thousand 600 exabytes! Today, it is estimated that this figure will increase to 44 zettabays. In the 15 years between 2000 and 2015, 4 thousand times more information has been produced than the information produced since the beginning of humanity.
Companies that are still investing in information technologies today are competing with each other to collect and disseminate more data more quickly. It will not be possible to define the situation that will arise with the connection of objects to "the Internet of Everything: Internet of Things" with the terms such as “information explosion” and “information bombardment”. A simple question still remains unanswered in this era when knowledge/data flows and floods and is avalanche: How does this information contribute to humanity?
Neil Postman, who wisely criticizes the “more data, more information” argument that digital technology is based on presenting himself, says: “If you attend a conference on computer technologies, it produces, stores and distributes more information in more convenient conditions and more quickly. you will attend the celebration ceremony of a machine ... You should ask yourself: What is the problem in the Middle East, S. Africa or Northern Ireland? Is it because of the lack of information about millions living on the hunger border? Is the lack of information the reason for the high rate of crime and the deterioration of our cities? Is the lack of information responsible for high divorce rates and mental hospitals overflowing? ”
This is indeed the question that should ring in the ears: "Is our problem a lack of information?"
A study by Jean Twenge and his friends in the USA a few years ago has produced important results. In this research, the data of 400 thousand people from 12-17 years old from 2005 to 2017, and 17-25 years old from 2008 to 2017 were examined. The data were obtained from the National Drug Use and Health Survey. According to the study, the symptoms of major depression increased by 52% from 2005 to 2017 in the last 12 months between the ages of 12-17. The rate of increase between the ages of 17-25 was 63%. The ratio of those who experienced serious psychological problems in the 17-25 age group between 2008 and 2017 was 71%. Again, suicidal ideation and suicide-related outcomes increased by 47% in adults. It is possible to find many similar studies. Since 1950, serious increase rates have been recorded in almost all psychological problems.
On the other hand, modern psychology has produced enormous amounts of information during this period. Today, from modern psychology to health psychology to military psychology; From traffic psychology to forensic psychology, there are 56 subfields defined by the American Psychological Association (APA). Thousands of articles are published every month in the magazines and institutes of each sub-field by experts working in that field and these articles are recorded in databases and made available to the experts. After all the information produced, the most basic psychological problems of the human son continue to increase. Moreover, nobody said, "Why do these problems continue to increase despite all the research, information and data?" does not ask the question.
So why is this question not asked? Why don't these experts stop for a few minutes and question their work? The main reason for this is that the epistemological order, including the experts, does not allow to ask this question. This epistemological order in which academics are imprisoned is a “score” centered order. Information is a subject of competition today; It is a means of rising, growing, winning, controlling and being strong.
Sir Francis Bacon, the founder of modern science, expressed the founding principle of this epistemological order by saying "knowledge is power" about 400 years ago: "Knowledge is power!" We have heard this motto consisting of two words many times.
We need information! Why is that? To be strong. Mankind was believed that he needed information not to reach truth, truth, justice, peace, happiness, but to be strong.
Therefore, it is not surprising that there is a linear relationship between the production of knowledge in huge dimensions and the destruction of human, animal and nature; Einstein, the symbol name of modern science, wrote the "atomic bomb letter" to US President Roosevelt and defended the atomic bomb after the bomb was thrown; It is not surprising that physicists of the time would go to the USA and work in the "Manhattan Project", which would constantly threaten the world.
As a matter of fact, as Ralph Keyes stated in his book "After Truth", truth and reality longer matter. Everything is permissible for power, control and occupation. It is important whether the information works, not whether it is correct or not. We live in the troll age now. The knowledge-wisdom and the wisdom do not matter; no listening, no understanding, no research. The only thing to look at is: Does this information work for me? If it doesn't work, throw it, hit it, shake it; Who cares if it's not true! Knowledge is no longer a sacred thing; It is a deception tool that will be used and discarded, varnished to make it useful, leveled and make up.
Can you imagine, we produce the information produced in almost one day in human history, but we do not know who to trust. Because the Divine link between knowledge and morality has been broken. I do not think that even the ones who talk about the objectivity and objectivity of science believe themselves. Everyone should ask himself: "Are we really producing the information we need, or the information that the" capitalist-political "interests have?" When we look at the devastation of human and nature, the answer is not clear?
This order cannot continue like this, it should not. We do not need to produce more information, produce faster data and spread it faster. To our integrity, confident; we need a Divine guide that will accurately enlighten the wrong.