Huxley’s Dystopian novel Brave New World seems more applicable and relevant now than ever before. Today technology is making it possible to enslave us en masse, whilst we perceive ourselves to be free. We are now suffering from such a poverty of vision (in every sense) as we are endlessly distracted by technologies that effectively ‘turn off’ our depth perception, pattern recognition and long form critical thinking. How have we become blind to the widespread effects of technology on our humanity? What is the cause of this loss of awareness? This talk will offer an ecology of practises that aim to help us retain our cognitive sovereignty and creative liberty, whilst taking advantage of the positive benefits that technology has to offer. Carl Hayden Smith is the Director of the Learning Technology Research Centre (LTRC) and Principal Research Fellow at Ravensbourne University London. His research focuses on the relationship between technology and the human condition. He is developing a new form of Posthumanism called Hyperhumanism which uses technology as a catalyst for developing our own innate human abilities. Carl has 20 years’ experience conducting R+D into the application of hybrid technologies for perceptual, cognitive and creative transformation. He has given over 300 invited public lectures, conference presentations and keynotes in 40 countries and published more than 100 academic papers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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