Presentation & Discussion: Lou Marinoff Title: Humanities Therapy as a Remedy for Detriments of Technosociety

Presentation & Discussion: Lou Marinoff

Title: Humanities Therapy as a Remedy for Detriments of Technosociety

Date: Thursday Oct 10 from 12.30pm–2pm

Location: NAC 5/144, Philosophy/History Conference Room

Faculty organizer: Lou Marinoff (lmarinoff@ccny.cuny.edu)

Overview:  Globalization and the digital revolution are transforming human civilization in unprecedented ways, in large measure via innovation as well as imposition of emergent technologies on growing numbers of consumers. While these transformations confer undeniable benefits to humanity, the benefits are bundled with a corresponding set of detriments. This paper does not contest the benefits, but confronts eight of the detriments. It appeals to humanities therapy as a remedy for many of the problems experienced by individuals and societies alike, problems that stem from overexposure to technologies and underexposure to humanities.