Philosophy? More than a luxury and why it matters Nicole Dewandre Advisor for Societal Issues DG CONNECT [email protected] @NicoleDewandre.

Philosophy? More than a luxury and why it matters

Nicole DewandreAdvisor for Societal Issues

DG [email protected]

@NicoleDewandre

Words matter

They create a …semantic field!

Words are not an index pointed on things…

Cup

Change/1

Change is fast…? Hurry up!

Exhausted!

Society is lagging behind?

Change/2

Who volunteers ?

Change/3

Radical

Think ahead

Speed

Lagging behind

« What [we] propose […] is a reconsideration of the human condition from the vantage point of our newest experience and most recent fears. The heedless recklessness or hopeless confusion or complacent repetition of 'truths' which have become trivial and empty – seem[ed] to [us] among the outstanding characteristics of our time. What [we] propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing  ».

1958

Off-line

On-line

time

Once upon a time….

today

ESPRIT

DAE

i-2010

Thinking ahead!

Onlife

"Sticky" interactions (social hypergravity) "Smart" environment (reactive and talkative)

Radical change

A new era…

Post-modernityis born!

Its name isHyperconnectivity

Enlightenment

XVIII century XX centuryX X I c e n

t u r y

The sky is the limit The earth is the limit The self is the limit

A new limit…

Sky Earth Self

Human/1 ?

About reason?

About language?

About a percentage of flesh/bones vs other material?

When? But….

Turing test

Fooling as "proof"?

Ill-framed questions.Unveila bug in howwe think about"humans"!

Human/2 ?

Post-human?

Singularity?

Is science fiction a good proxi for politics?

Definition of what it is to be human is under stress….

Worth exploring the concept of a post-human

Instead of jumpingto the post-human…

istic human!

Post-Human ?

« If philosophers […] were to arrive at a true political philosophy, they would have to make the plurality of man, out of which arises the whole realm of human affairs –in its grandeur and misery- the object of their thaumadzein. »

Posthumanistic human

The post-humanistic human is pluralplural, i.e.

1.Equal2.Unique3.Partly "blind" to herself

From the human as rational subject …to the human as relational self!

Fairness!

Relational self’s aspirations

Modernity

Transparency and control, as means to ensure fairness to "rational subjects"

Hyperconnectivity

Loss of orientation:

Fear/suspicion of being controlledEnvironment "made up for me"?Recognize when recognized?Oversollicitation of attention

Relational self’s aspirations

AbilityLiteracy

Social normsEtiquetteRegulations Trust, as a mean to ensure fairness

to "relational selves"

…to all Onlifers, for a fascinating thought exercise

…to you, for your precious and valuable…attention!

Privacy

Precaution

Freedom

Attention

Democracy

Thanks…