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Information normosis

Although recognizing the great contribution computer science has been giving to the humanity, the author calls the public'c attention to pathological and lethat aspects of some applications by several technologies. The author argues that there is something that he calls informational normosis which shows up under two forms: informatosis and cibernosis. After having defined the criteria of diagnosis of a normesis he demonstrates with several concrete examples these pathological and lethal aspects of computer science and suggests what he calls normotherapy.

Informational normosis; Informatosis; Cybernosis; Virtual neurosis; Normotherapy; Educational informatics


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