Empathetic things
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Empathetic things. / Moritz, Juergen.
Transdiscourse 2 : Turbulence and Reconstruction. ed. / Jill Scott. De Gruyter, 2016. p. 185-200.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Empathetic things
AU - Moritz, Juergen
PY - 2016/1/16
Y1 - 2016/1/16
N2 - In recent years we have been facing a new model of computation: smarttechnologies that help people to take care of themselves through the collectionand quantification of data. These technologies are personalized andpresent themselves as being able to read and understand the conditions, situations and actions of their users. Such ‘empathetic things’ will not onlypose novel new challenges for their future technological development usingneuro-science, cognitive-science and nano-science. These devices will alsopose an ontological challenge for us as human beings. They will have thepotential to profoundly influence how people think about human development,intelligence, and intimacy. Health and fitness devices are currentlyamong the most popular tools, but self-monitoring practices can be foundin many areas of everyday life – including culture, work, and learning. Theyhave the management of life as their focus, and play an important role in abroader trend towards self-improvement and self-cultivation – often framedas ‘quantified self’, ‘the good life’, ‘sustainable lifestyle’, ‘healthy living’, and‘work productivity.’ Leveraging the deep psychological desire for self-masteringand self-optimization, they urge individuals to understand theirbodies, and habits as something that can be measured and transformed.As such, these relational technologies function as prototypical technologiesof the self (Foucault 1988) and change the dynamics of producing andexpressing subjectivity.
AB - In recent years we have been facing a new model of computation: smarttechnologies that help people to take care of themselves through the collectionand quantification of data. These technologies are personalized andpresent themselves as being able to read and understand the conditions, situations and actions of their users. Such ‘empathetic things’ will not onlypose novel new challenges for their future technological development usingneuro-science, cognitive-science and nano-science. These devices will alsopose an ontological challenge for us as human beings. They will have thepotential to profoundly influence how people think about human development,intelligence, and intimacy. Health and fitness devices are currentlyamong the most popular tools, but self-monitoring practices can be foundin many areas of everyday life – including culture, work, and learning. Theyhave the management of life as their focus, and play an important role in abroader trend towards self-improvement and self-cultivation – often framedas ‘quantified self’, ‘the good life’, ‘sustainable lifestyle’, ‘healthy living’, and‘work productivity.’ Leveraging the deep psychological desire for self-masteringand self-optimization, they urge individuals to understand theirbodies, and habits as something that can be measured and transformed.As such, these relational technologies function as prototypical technologiesof the self (Foucault 1988) and change the dynamics of producing andexpressing subjectivity.
U2 - 10.1515/9783110470932-014
DO - 10.1515/9783110470932-014
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 3110469812
SP - 185
EP - 200
BT - Transdiscourse 2
A2 - Scott, Jill
PB - De Gruyter
ER -
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