Nicholas Agar is Professor of Ethics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has written extensively on the human consequences of technological change. His latest book is How to Be Human in the Digital Economy.
May 26, 2020 emphasizes the importance of unchosen social interactions, warns that technology cannot replace them, and wonders whether COVID-19 is enough of a shock to improve the lives of poor people in the long term.
May 1, 2020 warns against allowing technological advances to inflate our expectations of forthcoming breakthroughs.
Oct 28, 2019 worries that involuntary social interactions will be one of the casualties of the digital economy.
Aug 30, 2019 argues that the technological determinism of the digital age makes the humanities more necessary than ever.
Jun 27, 2019 argues that we are biased to grant toxic ideals an efficacy that we deny to our more positive aspirations.
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