Infocracy: Digitization and the Crisis of Democracy

In this concise, conceptually rich essay, Byung-Chul Han explores the transformation of democracy in the conditions of the digital age, where information—not ideology or economics—becomes the main tool of power. We live in a world where attention shatters into millions of flashes, and information flows in an endless shapeless stream. Han shows how the logic of likes, algorithms, and fragmented communities displaces the public space needed for true dialogue. Instead of citizens—clusters of opinions. Instead of debates—bursts of outrage. Instead of democracy—infocracy.