Human beings have never delivered everything we own to a certain creation just like what we do today. Science and technology have already set standards for our behavior and the basis for judgment. The thinking mode of human society has been irreversibly shaped by science and technology. In the Feed, the Author shows the result may cause if the technology is allowed to develop unconstrained.
Science and technology have already possessed strong autonomy now. If it is allowed to develop unconstrained, its potential results may benefit human beings or it may destroy humans’ survival and social order. How to make the development of science and technology always lead to a good direction is a problem that human beings need to solve these days.
Technology and ethics should be in a complementary relationship. The level of science and technology needs to adapt to the moral level of that time. Otherwise, excessively advanced technology level can only bring disasters to humans because humans who lack control and defense capabilities are just fishes on the cutting board.
In the black mirror, that society is created by the extremely behaviorist learning theory. Personal credibility comes from everyone’s behavior, not money or power, and cannot be transferred or inherited. It seems great, but no matter how thorough the system is designed, it is difficult to avoid the prejudices, stereotypes, and hierarchy in humanity, which also exist in this system.
For technology ethics, how to make scientific and technological research not only meet the purpose but also don’t violate the ethics, which is really a complicated matter. Kant warned that 200 years ago: the human is always focused on the result rather than the means. Although this theory today seems too idealistic, there is no doubt that every human needs respect. None of us want to be someone else’s experiment rat.
Very interesting! I agree with your idea that human beings have never delivered everything we own to a certain creation just like what we do today. Science and technology have already set standards for our behavior and the basis for judgment.