Let's call digital
transition the societal process arising from
the deployment and uptake of ICTs. Indeed,
with the current multiplication of devices,
sensors, robots, and applications, and these
emerging technologies, we have entered a new
phase of the information age, a phase where
the hybridization between bits and
other forms of reality is so deep that it
radically changes the human condition
in at least four ways:
- by blurring of
the distinction between reality and
virtuality;
- by blurring of the distinction between
human/machine/nature;
- by reversing from scarcity to abundance,
when it comes to information;
- by reversing from the primacy of entities
over interactions to the primacy of
interactions over entities.
As part of the Digital
Futures project launched by the Directorate
General Information Society and Media,
with a view to inspire future strategic
choices of both the DG INFSO and the European
Commission, the Onlife
Initiative intends to explore the extent
to which the digital transition impacts
societal expectations towards policy making.
In February 2013 the Initiative, chaired by
Professor Floridi, released "The Onlife
Manifesto", available at https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-manifesto.
The talk will present, involving the audience,
the main results of the initiative.
The meeting is
organized by SCUDO -
Scuola di Dottorato, Politecnico di Torino
and the Nexa Center for Internet &
Society, Politecnico di Torino (DAUIN).
Download the meeting
flyer in PDF format.