Friday 23 November 2012

Institute of Ideas debate: can technology set us free?

The Battle of Ideas took place in a 'dinner party' setup

Can technology set us free? That was the title of the Battle of Ideas, held on 22 November by the Institute of Ideas -- a seemingly impossible question to answer in two short hours in a packed room at the Royal Academy of Engineering.


Shining examples of the liberating power of tech touted in the opening remarks of the discussion, led by David Bowden, were of the opening ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic games -- spectacles of the innovation and technologies intimately entwined in the British story. The other side of that coin; had technology become a force that deprives people of their freedom, their raison d'etre, as the smartphone transform leisure time into work time?


By: David Cornish, Edited by: Liat Clark


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/23/can-technology-set-us-free

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