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The collection and analysis of data is changing the way economies operate. Are these changes so fundamental that they can be said to have led to the emergence of a new form of capitalism – surveillance capitalism? If people’s behaviour is made increasingly transparent, do we become a society in which trust is no longer necessary? Are individuals a mere appendage to the digital machine, objects of new mechanisms which reward and punish according to the determinations of private capital? How is social cohesion affected when people become dispensable as a labor force, while their data continues to provide function as a source of value in lucrative new markets that trade in predictions of human behavior? How should we understand the new quality of power that arises from these unprecedented conditions? What kind of society does it aim to create? And what ramifications will these developments have for the principles of liberal democracy? Will privacy law and anti-trust law be enough? How can we tame what we do not yet understand?
Shoshana Zuboff is a social scientist and author of three books, each of which has been recognized as the definitive signal of a new epoch in technological society. Her latest book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism reveals a world in which technology users are no longer customers but the raw material for an entirely new economic system. Zuboff is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School and was a Faculty Associate at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, 2014-2016.
The current rapid pace of technological change creates enormous uncertainties – and thus the need for explanations that help us better understand our situation and shape the future. The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) are therefore continuing the Lecture Series Making Sense of the Digital Society that was launched in 2017. The aim of the format is to develop a European perspective on the current processes of transformation and its societal impact. The first speaker of this year’s series was sociologist Eva Illouz, followed by Dirk Baecker, José van Dijck and Louise Amoore.
Information on participating / attending:
Admission is free, registration is mandatory. Tickets from 1 October via https://www.hiig.de/en/events/shoshana-zuboff/
Date:
11/06/2019 18:30 - 11/06/2019 22:00
Event venue:
Urania Berlin, An der Urania 17
10787 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
08/29/2019
Sender/author:
Katrin Werner
Department:
Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event64503
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