Technological alienation and how networked digitality constitutes a map for understanding the complexity of individual and collective consciousness
Ai & Society June 22, 2026 Betto van Waarden
Abstract Technology is feared to foster alienation, and may even come to control us through superintelligence. Yet this fear is exacerbated by a reductionist assumption that humans are defined mentally by their intelligence. Human consciousness is broader than intelligence, but how does it actually function? This article will suggest that these two problems of technological alienation and...