Technology in a time of upheaval

On Thursday 20 October at the Instituto Cervantes, we started a conversation that we hope will continue on the theme of new technologies and their social impact.

The aim was to provide a framework for the ‘Thinking Technology‘ workshop series where we want to critically analyse the impact that technology has on our lives, the technological illusion created by the tech giants (Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon) versus the much richer range of diversity, creativity, collaboration and sharing offered by free technologies.

Being aware of how technological solutionism is being imposed, how we are being convinced of the magnanimity and reliability of the non-intelligence called Artificial Intelligence, and how, in the face of the trend towards uniformity, surveillance, and violation of privacy, we are being forced to take a stand. There are other ways of understanding and creating technology that are in constant development and accessible to all those who want to be active in their technological future and who want to think with others about the role technology should play in our lives.