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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2019 · 48 MIN

Assistent professor Nolen Gertz: Do digital technologies make us more nihilistic?

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In our times, digital technology is ubiquitous and immediately at our disposal. Yet, while we feel empowered by these technologies, we experience displacement and unease at the same time. According to assistant professor of applied philosophy Nolen Gertz (UT) this has something to do with the way that modern digital technologies mediate our relation to the world. Sometimes even in ways that go unnoticed. And that can be dangerous.

In our times, digital technology is ubiquitous and immediately at our disposal. Yet, while we feel empowered by these technologies, we experience displacement and unease at the same time. According to assistant professor of applied philosophy Nolen Gertz (UT) this has something to do with the way that modern digital technologies mediate our relation to the world. Sometimes even in ways that go unnoticed. And that can be dangerous.

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