Ethical Tech - A Psychologist's Perspective with Alexander Steinhart

Humane Technology Meetup Hamburg and ThoughtWorks Hamburg are happy to invite you to the first Humane Technology Hamburg Meetup:

‘Ethical Tech - A Psychologist's Perspective’ with Alexander Steinhart

The digital world requires constant attention as smartphone & co are our constant companions. We can work anywhere, but work, leisure and technology can hardly be separated. An economy that lives of our attention and the smartphone as the primary contact when standing up — the Internet has become indispensable in our daily lives. Some are nostalgic about pre-Internet life, but we shall embrace the new possibilities and challenges of this paradigm. In a few years time, our ‘hand-held’ devices will be almost invisible and the visible technology will be personified and augmented. Virtual reality will have become part of our everyday lives, and big data and learning machines will be predicting the next trend before it even happens. With so much accelerated change, what does it even mean to be a human anymore? Technology shapes us as individuals and as a society. The last great paradigm-shift, the industrial revolution, forced people to rethink how entire societies could be organized; it raised ethical, economic and ecological opportunities and issues that continue to shape and affect us up to this day. Perhaps the digital revolution will provoke an even greater change in the way we view ourselves and our place in the world. But is technology aligned with humanity's best interest?

Alexander’s talk will have three parts:

• We will explore the ongoing digital revolution from an understanding of being human, a compassion for our vulnerabilities, and our needs;
• discuss personal strategies on how we can thrive and stay balanced in an ever faster and hyperconnected world;
• take a look at emerging, alternative design and technology streams that are driven by the intent to enable individual autonomy and societal flourishing.

Preliminary Timeline:
18:30 Doors Open, drinks, mingle
19:00 Welcome & Intro
19:15 Ethical Tech - A Psychologist's Perspective with Alexander Steinhart
(Presentation and Discussion)
20:30 Open Networking
21:30 End

About the Speaker
Alexander Steinhart has a background in psychology and technology. He co-founded the post-tech startup ( OFFTIME ), one of the first startups in the field of unplugging/digital detox and technology that protects our minds. Currently, he serves ThoughtWorks as a consultant to deliver technology to address their clients' toughest challenges, while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change.

+++ Feel free to join the ThoughtWorks Meetup event ( https://www.meetup.com/ThoughtWorks-Hamburg/events/247834620/ ) as well as the Humane Technology Hamburg Meetup Event +++