Does debates make us Human-We Are Becoming Enslaved by Our Technology ?
Human curiosity, ingenuity and creativity have combined over the centuries to produce ever more powerful technologies – wonderments that even the poorest of the world can now afford. At their best, these technologies are great enablers. However, what if we are losing our grip on these inventions? Might the harnessing of Big Data by corporations and governments erode personal autonomy and remove the whimsy of life as our every want is predicted and served? Will we become so dependent on technology that we lose ourselves – even our humanity – in the things we have made? Watch this Intelligence squared debate
Panel: For 1.
Alastair MacGibbon
Alastair MacGibbon is an internationally-respected authority on cybercrime, including Internet fraud, consumer victimisation and a range of Internet security and safety issues.
He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra, a Director at the Centre for Internet Safety, and General Manager, Security at Dimension Data.He was until June 2014 the founding CEO of CREST Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that certifies “white hat” ethical hackers; and managing partner of Surete Group, a consultancy dealing with improved customer retention for Internet-facing companies by increasing trust and reducing negative user experiences.
Prior to this for almost five years Alastair headed Trust & Safety at eBay Australia and later eBay Asia Pacific.He was a Federal Agent with the Australian Federal Police for 15 years, his final assignment as the founding Director of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre.
For 2.
Dr Katina Michael
Dr Katina Michael is an associate professor in the School of Information Systems and Technology at the University of Wollongong. She presently holds the position of Associate Dean – International in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. Katina is the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine editor-in-chief. Since 2008 she has been a board member of the Australian Privacy Foundation, and presently serves as Vice-Chair. Michael researches on the socio-ethical implications of emerging technologies. She has written and edited six books, guest edited numerous special issue journals on themes related to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, supply chain management, location-based services, innovation and surveillance/uberveillance.
For 3.
Bernard Keane
Bernard Keane has been Crikey¹s correspondent in Canberra since 2008, writing on politics, media and economics. He was educated at the University of Sydney and has a PhD in history. Before joining Crikey he was a public servant and speechwriter in transport and communications. He is the author of War On The Internet.
Against 1
Peter Singer
Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, on July 6, 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. Since 1999 he has been Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. From 2005, he has also held the part-time position of Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne, in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. Peter Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975. Since then he has written, co-authored, edited or co-edited more than 40 other books, including Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; How Are We to Live?, Rethinking Life and Death, The Ethics of What We Eat (with Jim Mason) and most recently, The Life You Can Save. In 2005 Time magazine named Peter Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2012, he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, the nation’s highest civic honour
Against 2.
Antony Loewenstein
Antony Loewenstein is a Sydney-based journalist, author and film-maker. He’s a weekly columnist for the Guardian, has written best-selling books including My Israel Question, The Blogging Revolution and Profits of Doom, edited Left Turn and After Zionism and is currently making a documentary and new book about vulture capitalism.
Against 3
Asher Wolf
Asher Wolf is an information activist, gonzo journalist and internaut. In
2012 she founded ‘Cryptoparty’, a worldwide initiative teaching cryptographic tools across the world.She has been described as “one of the key activists across the world in coordinating news and information relating to breaking the old information hegemony” (Rick Falkvinge, Founder of the Swedish Pirate Party.)
Chair: Dr Simon Longstaff
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