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Am I part of technology or is technology part of me?

9 January, 2022

Technology is no longer just a helper. They determine our decisions and thinking, change the very essence of a person, put us in the strongest dependence on ourselves and can be an instrument of total control - a digital concentration camp.


Moderator: 
Anton Kuznetsov is a Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, a researcher at the MCCS at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. 

Participants: 
Vladimir Vasilyevich Mironov - Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. 
Dmitry Volkov - Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, Co-director of the MCCS at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. 

Timecode: 

00:00 - Introduction 
04:51 - Human is a peripheral device to gadgets 
08:11 - The victory of technology over the human? No, we are the technology ourselves 
14:27 - The neutrality of digital technologies and their compelling nature 
18:33 - It's not about technology, it's about ethics 
21:49 - Depersonalization of evil 
24:24 - The idea of a superman in the world of technology. The sunset of human? 
27:11 - Blurring of the boundary between technological and biological 
29:41 - Technological visibility of freedom 
34:40 - What kind of freedom do we need? 
38:08 - Risks are increasing, but there is no amount of freedom 
41:35 – We choose the algorithm, and the algorithm chooses everything for us 
45:32 - The possibility of a digital concentration camp. Loss of cultural identity 
48:32 - There is a possibility that we live in a digital camp and are happy with it. There are no common cultures 
51:18 - How to preserve freedom and identity? 
52:52 - Summary

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