Author: Andrzej Kaczmarczyk
ISBN: 978-0-9811606-9-6 Synopsis Our present pattern of democracy “was invented in the days of the horse and cart, and perfected during the steam age”. Can it serve duly postmodern society being born in the 21st century? What would the next model of democracy be? How can it be deduced from trends of change in many areas of human activity, caused by use of artifacts of cyber-civilization? Cyberdemocracy: Change of Democratic Paradigm in the 21st Century is dedicated to answer these questions – invites to an intellectual journey far ahead, with the rear-view mirror of history engaged. Summary & conclusion following each chapter enables an “instant” grasp of its main points, no-hurry lecture reveals details, local colors and anecdotes.
About the Author  Andrzej Kaczmarczyk, Ph.D., Warsaw University of Technology, has extensive research in the field of applied cybernetics - automation, robotics, and informatics. He is the author of Technology Around You, Industrial Robots of Eighties, and co-author of Elements of Modern Technology and Robots, and Factory of the Future. He has been engaged in forecasting work, as well as in popularization of science and technology in Poland. For years he has cultivated great interests in use of technology for democracy development. He collaborated with the Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe and with the CyberVote project. Dr. Kaczmarczyk is currently with the Institute of Mathematical Machines, Warsaw and his research interests are in computer modeling and simulation.
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