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From absolute nonsense to the world’s operating system

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  • Hannes Werthner

    (TU Wien)

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Informatics, its artefacts and methods, have fundamentally changed our society and world, from the individual personal level up to the current geo-political powerplay between the US, China and Europe. Information Technology serves as the operating system of our society. This change has happened over the last 30 – 40 years, and the result should be compared with our historic views and expectations. At the same time, despite the enormous success of our discipline, it has serious shortcomings. I discuss some of them, especially the issue of online platforms, and describe a positive “answer”: Digital Humanism. This approach does not only describe and analyze the man – machine relationship, but also underlines the importance of humans in this development: we have to interfere – technology is not god given. This fundamental idea is already supported by a growing number of academics and practitioners from different disciplines and fields.

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  • Hannes Werthner, 2022. "From absolute nonsense to the world’s operating system," Electronic Markets, Springer;IIM University of St. Gallen, vol. 32(1), pages 145-151, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:elmark:v:32:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1007_s12525-021-00508-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s12525-021-00508-w
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    1. David Stark & Ivana Pais, 2021. "Algorithmic Management in the Platform Economy," Economia & lavoro, Carocci editore, issue 3, pages 57-80.
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    1. Rainer Alt, 2022. "Electronic Markets on platform transformation," Electronic Markets, Springer;IIM University of St. Gallen, vol. 32(2), pages 401-409, June.

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    Keywords

    Digital humanism; Digital transformation; Data ownership;
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    JEL classification:

    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General

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