METAMORPHOSES TALKING TECHNOLOGY

 

Solutions to Technology Pessimism

Speakers: Ms. Amba Kak, Public Policy Advisor, Mozilla Corporation; Dr. Avdesh Sharma, Senior Psychiatrist; and Dr. Nand Kumar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS    

 

Our modern age is characterised by the pervasive use of digital technologies, which may spawn the internet and the World Wide Web. We now have the widespread use of social media, such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram among others. These are instrumental of democratising the political and social space of vastly improving access to knowledge and enabling quick and efficient communications. Along the benefits, however, come a number of serious concerns, both social and psychological, including phenomena such as trolling the use of bots and internet-addiction. Our challenge lies in using digital technologies for the benefit and welfare of mankind, while mitigating, if not eliminating the negative consequences

 

(Collaboration: NITI Aayog & Centre for Policy Research)