Being Responsible in the Age of Social Media, Cryptocurrency and Smart Weapons/Cars/Phones Episode 10 We face a daunting task in an attempt to be a responsible self in an age of pervasive technology. The dynamism, expansion of scale, complexity and interdependence of contemporary technology introduce uncertainty and risk. They strain the ability of the responsible self to comprehend and adequately control the nature and consequences of human conduct. In addition, ambivalent t

Being Responsible in the Age of Social Media, Cryptocurrency and Smart Weapons/Cars/Phones Episode 9 The issue of ambivalent technological determinism can be placed into the broader context of the experience of life. According to Langdon Winner, technological ordering functions as a way or form of life and thus is, hardly a notion that implies neutrality. (Winner (1), 201) Simply stated, the idea of technology as a form of life suggests that technological order becomes an asp

Being Responsible in the Age of Social Media, Cryptocurrency and Smart Weapons/Cars/Phones Episode 5 In an age of pervasive technology we function within, and are inexorably bound to, the complex web of relationships that are determined in various ways by technological modes of human being. This suggests the need to develop an "ecological" frame of reference when considering the scope of responsibility in terms of technology. An ecological view of responsibility in an age of

Being Responsible in the Age of Social Media, Cryptocurrency and Smart Weapons/Cars/Phones Episode 4 When we think of technology in today's world, the issue of the scope of responsibility must be addressed. Under what circumstances and within what time frame are we responsible for any particular act? A traditional view of the scope of responsibility Traditional views of responsibility were based on face-to-face interactions. Time was viewed as morally relevant at the moment o