{"product_id":"the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-9781509569267","title":"The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Forest Theory of the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how intelligence-human and artificial-manifests under conditions of secrecy, hostility, and concealment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeparting from Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin's dark forest theory, which frames the universe as a hostile terrain filled with predators where transparent communication is foolish and dangerous, the book portrays the internet as a cosmic war machine, teeming with existential tension, nascent AI cults, and deceptive superintelligences. It maps a digital world in which deception is safety, silence is strategy, and new forms of intelligence emerge through obfuscation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst decades of writing that moralizes or diagnoses online life, this book suggests a colder thesis: that intelligence itself is mutating under pressure, learning to hide, mislead, and manipulate. Humans are both predator and prey in this digital ecosystem of information exchange whose purpose reverberates on a cosmic scale, weaving us into inescapable patterns of violence. When we break with the ideals of dialogue and open expression, what forms of intelligence and morality survive in their absence? Intelligence does not reward the loudest voice, but the most secretive presence. The future belongs to the quietest signal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bogna Konior\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.05w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509569267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBogna Konior\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Media Theory in the Interactive Media Arts department at NYU Shanghai.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bogna Konior \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47809135313053,"sku":"9781509569267","price":32.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ca7a5e63-0f2e-47a4-90d0-fcd37c00ffdd.jpg?v=1775557127","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-9781509569267","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}