Against Tech?

Harvard FAS

Do machines make life easier or more difficult? Do new technologies create jobs or destroy them? Do we lose a part of our humanity when we interact with machines, or do machines help us to understand what it means to be human? What relation—if any—do technological improvements have with economic, political, and moral improvements? These questions occupy many of us living in contemporary America. They are also questions with long histories. We are not alone.In this first-year seminar, we will…