TY - JOUR AU - Willem de Graaf, Jan PY - 2022/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Emerging Technologies from a psychological perspective JF - The International Review of Information Ethics JA - IRIE VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Article DO - 10.29173/irie498 UR - https://informationethics.ca/index.php/irie/article/view/498 SP - AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>Technology has always been a very distinctive feature of human existence. Technology is to humans what nature is to other organisms: our host. Man is nature, but through technology – humans came to stand against nature and its biodiversity; technology is now a global enterprise, advancing on a scale and pace that has never been seen before. The paper argues that this poses a threat not only to the planet and biodiversity but above all to humans themselves. A psychological perspective is chosen, that of the thinking and feeling person, which is contrasted with emerging (smart) technologies. It is concluded that man is not a rational “machine”, but a small-scale storyteller, a provider of meaning, especially emotionally involved with each other. Systems and standardization stand in the way. But as globalized humanity faces the dangers of diminishing (bio- and cultural) diversity, we need the unifying power of technology to restore balance.</p></div></div></div> ER -