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oapen-20.500.12657-519452021-12-14T02:45:49Z Perspectives on Digital Humanism Werthner, Hannes Prem, Erich Lee, Edward A. Ghezzi, Carlo Open Access Digital Humanism Research Ethics Legal Issues in Computer Scince Data Privacy Computers and Society bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UB Information technology: general issues::UBJ Ethical & social aspects of IT bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPQ Ethics & moral philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UB Information technology: general issues::UBL Legal aspects of IT bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UR Computer security::URD Privacy & data protection bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. This initiative emerged from the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism and the associated lecture series. Digital Humanism deals with the complex relationships between people and machines in digital times. It acknowledges the potential of information technology. At the same time, it points to societal threats such as privacy violations and ethical concerns around artificial intelligence, automation and loss of jobs, ongoing monopolization on the Web, and sovereignty. Digital Humanism aims to address these topics with a sense of urgency but with a constructive mindset. The book argues for a Digital Humanism that analyses and, most importantly, influences the complex interplay of technology and humankind toward a better society and life while fully respecting universal human rights. It is a call to shaping technologies in accordance with human values and needs. 2021-12-13T18:55:34Z 2021-12-13T18:55:34Z 2022 book ONIX_20211213_9783030861445_24 9783030861445 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51945 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-86144-5.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-86144-5 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-86144-5 10.1007/978-3-030-86144-5 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 0eb66079-5150-4776-8641-ea34c6a7d5b9 9783030861445 Springer International Publishing 342 Bern [grantnumber unknown] open access
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This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. This initiative emerged from the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism and the associated lecture series. Digital Humanism deals with the complex relationships between people and machines in digital times. It acknowledges the potential of information technology. At the same time, it points to societal threats such as privacy violations and ethical concerns around artificial intelligence, automation and loss of jobs, ongoing monopolization on the Web, and sovereignty. Digital Humanism aims to address these topics with a sense of urgency but with a constructive mindset. The book argues for a Digital Humanism that analyses and, most importantly, influences the complex interplay of technology and humankind toward a better society and life while fully respecting universal human rights. It is a call to shaping technologies in accordance with human values and needs.
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