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Automation
A topic hub for the philosophy of automation: the replacement of human labor by machines, its economic and social consequences, the ethics of autonomous systems, and the future of work.
Automation raises the oldest questions of the philosophy of technology in their most concrete form: what happens when machines do what humans used to do — and who decides what machines are allowed to do?
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Technology
A philosophical exploration of technology as a way of living: what it means to use tools without being possessed by them, from Heidegger's free relation to the discipline of the present moment.
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Work
A philosophical exploration of work: what it is for, what it does to us, the meaning of meaningful work, and the wisdom of working in an age of automation.
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