Book part: A Utopian Belief in Big Data
| dc.contributor.editor | Janssens, Liisa | |
| dc.creator | Keymolen, Esther | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-18T15:13:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-18T15:13:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This essay aims to unravel the reason why policy makers –and others as well- persistently believe that Big Data will make the future completely knowable and consequently solve a myriad of societal problems. Based on insights deriving from the philosophy of technology, it will be argued that although human life is always ‘under construction’, nevertheless, there exists a Utopian longing for a final ground that contemporary technology should provide us with. This one-sided belief in the power of technology makes people blind for the unforeseen consequences technology may have. Technology, and more specifically Big Data, can only serve as a temporary shelter, which time and time again human beings will have to improve and alter. Moreover, this all-encompassing desire for certainty and safety is not as desirable as it may seem at first sight. After all, a life stripped from its complexity, may turn out to be a boring life. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.25969/mediarep/13397 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/14319 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Amsterdam University Press | |
| dc.publisher.place | Amsterdam | |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | isbn:9789462984493 | |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | doi:https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/13454 | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 Generic | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 | |
| dc.subject | Big Data | en |
| dc.subject | Utopian belief | en |
| dc.subject | contingency | en |
| dc.subject | data-driven policy | en |
| dc.subject | philosophy of technology | en |
| dc.subject.ddc | ddc:004 | |
| dc.subject.ddc | ddc:700 | |
| dc.title | A Utopian Belief in Big Data | en |
| dc.type | bookPart | |
| dc.type.status | publishedVersion | |
| dspace.entity.type | BookPart | en |
| local.coverpage | 2021-05-29T01:12:04 | |
| local.source.booktitle | The Art of Ethics in the Information Society | |
| local.source.epage | 71 | |
| local.source.spage | 67 |
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