MODULE 6 - When Technology Meets Humanity Why the future does not need us.pptx

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1. When Technology Meets Humanity FARivera

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3. Human Rights-based Approach to Science, Technology and Development ST & Development Eudaimonia Human Rights FARivera

4. S. Romi Mukherjee Human Rights-based Approach to Science, Technology and Development Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 27) UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers-1974 (Article 4) UNESCO Declaration on the Use of Scientific Knowledge-1999 (Article 33) a b c ! FARivera

5. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 27) Participate in and benefit from scientific advances. Be protected from scientific misuses. Examined through a cultural rights perpective. a b c FARivera

6. UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers-1974 (Article 4) All advances in scientific and technological knowledge should solely be geared towards the welfare of global citizens. Calls upon members of the states to develop necessary protocol and policies. Countries are asked to show that ST are integrated into policies that aim to ensure a more humane and just society. a b c FARivera

7. UNESCO Declaration on the Use of Scientific Knowledge-1999 (Article 33) ST and its applications are indispensable for development. All levels of government and the private sector should provide enhanced support for building up an adequate and evenly distributed scientific and technological capacity through appropriate education. Research programs are indispensable foundation for economic, social, cultural and environmentally sound development. Encompasses issues on pollution-free production, efficient resource use, biodiversity protection, and brain drains. a b c d FARivera

8. Functions of Human Rights They function as the “golden mean.” Protects the weak, poor and the vulnerable from the excesses and deficiencies of ST. Gaps of poor and rich countries Tangible (services and natural services) Intangible (well-being and human dignity) Human rights🡪 Virtues (moral & ethical)🡪bridging gaps🡪 human flourishing/eudaimonia through ST 1 2 3 4 FARivera

9. Eudaimonia Good life Sustainable futures Human rights-based approach to ST & Development FARivera

10. Why the Future Does Not Need Us FARivera

11. Can you imagine a future without a human race? FARivera

12. Bill Joy Author, “Why the Future Does Not Need Us” 21 st technologies Genetics, Nanotechnology, Robotics (GNR) Powerful accidents, threats, abuses FARivera

13. Potential Threats of GNR Self-replicating Can get out of control If machines are given the capacity to decide on their own, it will be impossible to predict how they might behave in the future. Fate of human race at the mercy of machines! Computers will become more intelligent than humans. Dystopian vision-dehumanized, fearful lives 1 2 3 4 5 6 FARivera

14. Murphy’s Law Overreliance on antibiotics led to the great paradox of emerging anti-biotic resistant strains of dangerous bacteria. DDT ( Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane ) introduction to combat malarial mosquitoes only gave rise to multi-drug resistant malarial parasites. FARivera

15. Critics of Bill Joy John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid “Bill Joy failed to consider social factors and only deliberately focused on one part of the picture.” neo-Luddite, technophobic FARivera

16. In conclusion… It is preeminently necessary that the scientific community, governments, and businesses engage in a discussion to determine the safeguards of humans against the potential dangers of ST . FARivera

17. Reference Quinto, E. et al. (2019). Science, Technology and Society. C&E Publishing, Inc. Images from Google FARivera