Spiritual Computing

Опубликовано 7 сентября 2016, 16:28

Can the next generation of technologies advance the spiritual development of individuals and communities? The speaker will argue that several trends ΓÇô Web 2.0 innovations, neuroscienceΓÇÖs interactions with the Dalai Lama, and WestΓÇÖs new embrace of premodern wisdom traditions ΓÇô all combine to bring spiritual principles at the doorstep of the worldΓÇÖs technological laboratories. The upshot: todayΓÇÖs system architects may be able to measure fuzzy notions like user empowerment. ΓÇ£Tech researchers will get algorithms that show if they are empowering users, addicting them or just delivering ease of use,ΓÇ¥ he says. Spiritual technologies, he says, could release enormous pent up demand for web services in advanced markets (where 83 versions of Wikipedia in which wisdom, not mere knowledge, rises to the surface; gaming as spiritual quest; online enhancement of Islamic rituals; locative technologies that use feng shui to create sacred spaces, biofeedback interfaces that bring mindfulness into cancerous organs; technological support for 12 step programs that transform addiction into empowerment.