Dear FISers, herein a message from Krassimir; the attachment he mentions
can be find in the journal ITHEA. --Raquel
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Asunto: Re: [Fis] IT pitfalls? the other side of new infotechnologies
Fecha: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:40:32 +0300
De: Krassimir Markov <mar...@foibg.com>
Responder-a:: Krassimir Markov <mar...@foibg.com>
Organización: FOI; ITHEA
A: Joseph Brenner <joe.bren...@bluewin.ch>, Raquel del Moral
<rdelmoral.i...@aragon.es>
Dear Raquel and Josef,
The other side of new info-technologies is quite dark !
Because of :
The problems which concern information and societies may be separated in
two main parts:
- information in business, and
- business with information.
Both are based on modern IT technologies.
Business here is in its broadly meaning – all human activities (private
and social).
We are Information subjects (INFOS-es) and our live tightly depends of
information interaction and exchange.
And this cause the business with information...
Business with information is provided at the:
- information marked, and
- knowledge market, which is subdivision if the information market.
As at all other markets, here the main goal is not human prosperity but
profit and monopolies.
Not clear understanding of the lows of information markets and,
especially – of knowledge markets, is a great problem of all of us.
Problems you have pointed are closely connected to this, I think.
Please find attached the first issue of Jubilee 20th volume of the
International Journal “Information Theories and Applications”.
Its first two papers discuss some similar problems.
Friendly regards
Krassimir
PS: I do not send this letter to FISers because of the attachment.
*From:* Joseph Brenner <mailto:joe.bren...@bluewin.ch>
*Sent:* Friday, June 21, 2013 3:53 PM
*To:* Raquel del Moral <mailto:rdelmoral.i...@aragon.es> ; fis
<mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es>
*Subject:* Re: [Fis] IT pitfalls? the other side of new infotechnologies
Dear Raquel,
You wrote:
"The whole effect of ITs on time allocation, learning, cognitive and
emotional development, social bonding, and mental health has scarcely
been researched…"
"...the “tunnel vision” promoted by information techno-utopians and
propagandists"
I think it is absolutely essential to call attention of people to the
reality of these aspects of ITs as they are actually used and introduce
some balance in the debate. One approach I suggest that may be useful in
this strategy is to emphasize the qualitative, functional features of
information itself, information-as-operator (Mark Burgin),
information-as-process, /etc. /
Best wishes,
Joseph
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*From:* Raquel del Moral <mailto:rdelmoral.i...@aragon.es>
*To:* fis <mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es>
*Sent:* Friday, June 21, 2013 2:12 PM
*Subject:* [Fis] IT pitfalls? the other side of new infotechnologies
Dear FISers,
I would like to exchange views about one of the aspects of my work
(although is not the central theme of my thesis, and I will delay
the post of the “sociotype” subject after summer time). We are
contemplating the adverse consequences of the technology use. It
relates to the discussions had in Milton Keynes conference,
basically between Pedro and Liesbet and Luciano about the social
pitfalls of contemporary information technologies. (I think that the
records of these sessions can be found in the web)
What we are considering is that the Information Technology grandeur
(the brilliant aspects are publicized everywhere!) is accompanied by
a growing sense of information saturation and impoverished
socialization. Loneliness and depression indicators are in the
raising, and happiness indicators are in the declining. The whole
effect of ITs on time allocation, learning, cognitive and emotional
development, social bonding, and mental health have been scarcely
searched…
Clearly, other unwanted effects more distant from mental health,
such as the energetic burden, the pollution, the waste, the
accelerated obsolescence, and the pilfering of valuable (e
irreplaceable) mineral resources are seemingly beyond the “tunnel
vision” promoted by information techno-utopians and propagandists.
The micro-rationality of individual decisions in the market-context
may conduce in the aggregate to utter social irrationality.
What do you think about this controversy?
Best,
Raquel
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Raquel del Moral
Grupo de Bioinformacion / Bioinformation Group
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud
Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA)
Avda. San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza
Tfno. +34 976 71 44 76
e-mail.rdelmoral.i...@aragon.es
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