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Philosophy? More than a luxury and why it matters
Nicole DewandreAdvisor for Societal Issues
@NicoleDewandre
Words matter
They create a …semantic field!
Words are not an index pointed on things…
Cup
Change/1
Change is fast…? Hurry up!
Exhausted!
Society is lagging behind?
Change/2
Who volunteers ?
Change/3
Radical
Think ahead
Speed
Lagging behind
« What [we] propose […] is a reconsideration of the human condition from the vantage point of our newest experience and most recent fears. The heedless recklessness or hopeless confusion or complacent repetition of 'truths' which have become trivial and empty – seem[ed] to [us] among the outstanding characteristics of our time. What [we] propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing ».
1958
Off-line
On-line
time
Once upon a time….
today
ESPRIT
DAE
i-2010
Thinking ahead!
Onlife
"Sticky" interactions (social hypergravity) "Smart" environment (reactive and talkative)
Radical change
A new era…
Post-modernityis born!
Its name isHyperconnectivity
Enlightenment
XVIII century XX centuryX X I c e n
t u r y
The sky is the limit The earth is the limit The self is the limit
A new limit…
Sky Earth Self
Human/1 ?
About reason?
About language?
About a percentage of flesh/bones vs other material?
When? But….
Turing test
Fooling as "proof"?
Ill-framed questions.Unveila bug in howwe think about"humans"!
Human/2 ?
Post-human?
Singularity?
Is science fiction a good proxi for politics?
Definition of what it is to be human is under stress….
Worth exploring the concept of a post-human
Instead of jumpingto the post-human…
istic human!
Post-Human ?
« If philosophers […] were to arrive at a true political philosophy, they would have to make the plurality of man, out of which arises the whole realm of human affairs –in its grandeur and misery- the object of their thaumadzein. »
Posthumanistic human
The post-humanistic human is pluralplural, i.e.
1.Equal2.Unique3.Partly "blind" to herself
From the human as rational subject …to the human as relational self!
Fairness!
Relational self’s aspirations
Modernity
Transparency and control, as means to ensure fairness to "rational subjects"
Hyperconnectivity
Loss of orientation:
Fear/suspicion of being controlledEnvironment "made up for me"?Recognize when recognized?Oversollicitation of attention
Relational self’s aspirations
AbilityLiteracy
Social normsEtiquetteRegulations Trust, as a mean to ensure fairness
to "relational selves"
…to all Onlifers, for a fascinating thought exercise
…to you, for your precious and valuable…attention!
Privacy
Precaution
Freedom
Attention
Democracy
Thanks…