Uncertainty is the beginning.
In an ever-changing information society, the crucial skill is a kind of thinking which explores openness and challenges our fear of the unknown. In the age of media, knowledge has become information, an all too perishable commodity. Hence, only questions have kept their defining power. Considering Lyotard's thoughts on the sublime and Deleuze's rehabilitation of the monad, a post-technological lifescaping of the self is addressed. Examines innovations in communication by applying 20th century philosophy to a discussion of today's media theory, practice and criticism.