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[Commlist] New Book - “ExponentialEthics” - Atropos Press
Sun Mar 03 22:38:58 GMT 2019
New book
“Exponential Ethics” - Atropos Press
The book is particularly interesting for researchers focusing on the
positive and negative consequences of emerging technologies.
->Exponential Ethics<-
by Nicoletta Iacobacci / Foreword by Juan Enriquez
https://www.academia.edu/38476213/Exponential_Ethics_Book_Summary.pdf
What do you fear about the future? Is it robots?
Is it our inability to keep up with emerging technologies? Within a few
decades, we could see technological changes never before
witnessed—ageless societies, software-based immortal humans, cybernetic
organisms, and means of transport at lightning speed. Can we coexist
with machines that will be smarter, faster, and wiser than humans?
Will
we blend with technology, or will a new dimension of “humans” emerge?
What are the implications of human intervention in evolution, and can we
do it responsibly?
Ultimately, should ethics play a role? If yes, how?
Ethics must keep up with the exponential progress of technology. Ethics
should leapfrog and facilitate public debates, not only among rulers but
also among influential contemporary thinkers, philosophers, scientists,
engineers, and prominent science fiction authors. Students should also
be empowered to reflect before creating new disruptive innovations.
We don’t want to slow down progress; we want to befriend it. This
coming decade will be the most pioneering decade in history, and
exponential technologies will lead to exponential innovation. We should
strive to take this journey, conscious of the risks we are facing, and
raise a call to action for openly discussing the social repercussions
these technologies could have if left only to their “makers”—a call to
action in pursuit of exponential ethics.
NICOLETTA IACOBACCI, PdD, is a global ethics officer who engages
executives, thinkers, artists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and students
in conversations about ethics and emerging technologies. She is the
founder of Ethica.ly, a platform for reflecting on the consequences of
exponential innovations and ambassador of Singularity University Geneva.
She currently serves as an adjunct professor at Webster University
Geneva and at Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, where she is
investigating the future implications of technology on society. A board
member of major companies, she is also the founder of the Hyperloop
Transportation Technology ethical framework, and her book Exponential
Ethics, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, will be released
December 2018.
-> Table of Contents
https://www.academia.edu/38476256/EXPONENTIAL_ETHICS_TABLE_OF_CONTENTS.pdf
-> Atropos Press - Think Media: EGS Media Philosophy
January 2019
211 pages, Paperback
ISBN 978 -1-940813-39-4
€25.47 / £20.00 / $24.95
For any press enquiries and for information on receiving a review copy,
please contact [(nicoletta.iacobacci /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(nicoletta.iacobacci /at/ gmail.com)>]
AMAZON:
https://www.amazon.com/Exponential-Ethics-Think-Media-Philosophy/dp/1940813395/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547022749&sr=8-1&keywords=Exponential+Ethics+%28Think+Media%3A+Egs+Media+Philosophy%29
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