Time:
12:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. PDT | 15:00-17:00 Beijing Time
Language: Chinese
Streaming Platform:
Bilibili: http://live.bilibili.com/22575361
The use of “sick” and “cure” in the title of the new book: Technology Is Sick, But I Have No Cure is not a marketing gimmick, but a way to inspire discussion about what keeps us awake in an era of deep tech.
Technology no longer needs to rely on science to support its own rationality; breaking free from the “shadow of truth” enables what is known as the “rebellion of technology.” This has given birth to a technological “new world”. The new world of technology has four important features: “knowledge infection,” “acceleration and deceleration,” technological governance and society, and “mind-body design.”
Key Discussion Topics:
• In the era of deep tech, what keeps us awake at night?
• What is the “rebellion of technology?”
• How does the “rebellion of technology” serve as a driving force for a “tech new world?”
• In the technological era, how can we live with ourselves, and how should technology developers think ahead?
Speakers:
DUAN Weiwen
• Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Berggruen Alumni Fellow
Duan Weiwen specializes in philosophy of science and philosophy of information technology. His current research focus is on the philosophical, ethical, and social impact of big data and AI. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society and Journal of Responsible Innovation. He is also one of the deputy chairmen of the Committee of Big Data Experts of China. He is the chief researcher of “Philosophical Studies on the Intelligence Revolution and Deepening Techno-Scientific Nature of Human Beings” (2017-2022). He is the author of several books, including The Ethical Foundation of Information Civilization (2020, Shanghai People’s Press); Acceptable Science: Reflection on the Foundation of Contemporary Science (2014, Science and Technology Press of China); Ethical Reflections on Cyberspace (2002, Jiangsu People’s Publishing House); and Time Bound: Life in a Techno-Humanist World (2001, Guangdong Education Publishing House).
LIU Yongmou
Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China
Liu Yongmou specializes in philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, and STS (Science, Technology and Society). Currently, he focuses on the governance of new technology, smart revolution and smart governance, technology and art, and big data and socio-statistical philosophy. He is the author of more than 20 books, including The Rebellion of Technology; Epidemic Response and Technological Governance; Minerva in Action; Foucault’s Journey of Subject Deconstruction; The Internet of Things and the Coming of Ubiquitous Society; and The Attack and Defense of Ideas, and more than 140 papers in Chinese, English, Russian, and German. He has received awards from the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation and was selected as one of the first Outstanding Humanities Scholars of Renmin University of China, as well as the New Century Talents Program of the Ministry of Education.