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What is Thought Communication

Chapter 3
Handbook of Research on Technoethics
The ability to communicate directly, possibly electronically, from brain to brain. No need for laborious conversion to/from pressure waves, i.e. speech.
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Technoethics: An Anthropological Approach
Daniela Cerqui (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) and Kevin Warwick (University of Reading, UK)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch003
Abstract
Common ethical issues related to technology are formulated in terms of impact. With an anthropological approach, every technological device is considered as the result of a designing and building process, through which social values are transmitted. The impact can be properly assessed only once these values are understood. The question of privacy is used here to illustrate the approach. Then, it is shown how human beings and machines are defined in reference to each other, the latter being considered as superior. Therefore, human beings try to improve themselves by using technology.
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