Philosophy and technology in the digital age

01 January 1970 0 8K Report

Dear all, I am interested in the nature of the societal disruption by digital technologies and would love to discuss this further. In this podcast I introduce my vision: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hermitix/episodes/Homo-Virtualis--Creative-Destruction--and-AI-with-Vincent-Blok-e2emua8 . You can also read my oration attached (open access)

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