Chiodo Simona (Politecnico Di Milano Italy)
Chiodo Simona (Politecnico Di Milano Italy) - Predicted Humans Emerging Technologies And The Burden Of Sensemaking - Paperback
Chiodo Simona (Politecnico Di Milano Italy) - Predicted Humans Emerging Technologies And The Burden Of Sensemaking - Paperback
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Description: Predicting our future as individuals is central to the role of much emerging technology from hiring algorithms that predict our professional success (or failure) to biomarkers that predict how long (or short) our healthy (or unhealthy) life will be. Yet much in Western culture from scripture to mythology to philosophy suggests that knowing one's future may not be in the subject's best interests and might even lead to disaster. If predicting our future as individuals can be harmful as well as beneficial why are we so willing to engage in so much prediction from cradle to grave? This book offers a philosophical answer reflecting on seminal texts in Western culture to argue that predicting our future renders much of our existence the automated effect of various causes which in turn helps to alleviate the existential burden of autonomously making sense of our lives in a more competitive demanding accelerated society. An exploration of our tendency in a technological era to engineer and so rid ourselves of that which has hitherto been our primary reason for being making life plans for a successful future while faced with epistemological and ethical uncertainties Predicted Humans will appeal to scholars of philosophy and social theory with interests in questions of moral responsibility and meaning in an increasingly technological world.
Title: Predicted Humans Emerging Technologies And The Burden Of Sensemaking
Author(s): Chiodo Simona (Politecnico Di Milano Italy)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032643113
Pages: 140 Pages
Publication Date: 6/14/2024
Series: Media, Culture and Critique: Future Imperfect
Category: Social Theory
Description: Predicting our future as individuals is central to the role of much emerging technology from hiring algorithms that predict our professional success (or failure) to biomarkers that predict how long (or short) our healthy (or unhealthy) life will be. Yet much in Western culture from scripture to mythology to philosophy suggests that knowing one's future may not be in the subject's best interests and might even lead to disaster. If predicting our future as individuals can be harmful as well as beneficial why are we so willing to engage in so much prediction from cradle to grave? This book offers a philosophical answer reflecting on seminal texts in Western culture to argue that predicting our future renders much of our existence the automated effect of various causes which in turn helps to alleviate the existential burden of autonomously making sense of our lives in a more competitive demanding accelerated society. An exploration of our tendency in a technological era to engineer and so rid ourselves of that which has hitherto been our primary reason for being making life plans for a successful future while faced with epistemological and ethical uncertainties Predicted Humans will appeal to scholars of philosophy and social theory with interests in questions of moral responsibility and meaning in an increasingly technological world.
Title: Predicted Humans Emerging Technologies And The Burden Of Sensemaking
Author(s): Chiodo Simona (Politecnico Di Milano Italy)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032643113
Pages: 140 Pages
Publication Date: 6/14/2024
Series: Media, Culture and Critique: Future Imperfect
Category: Social Theory
