The Human Digitalisation Journey: Technology First at the Expense of Humans?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has enhanced the impact of digitalisation as a driver of transformation and advancements across almost every aspect of human life. With the majority actively embracing smart technologies and their benefits, the journey of human digitalisation has begun. Will human being...
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| description | The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has enhanced the impact of digitalisation as a driver of transformation and advancements across almost every aspect of human life. With the majority actively embracing smart technologies and their benefits, the journey of human digitalisation has begun. Will human beings continue to remain solitary unaffected beings in the middle of the whirlpool—a gateway to the completely digitalised future? This journey of human digitalisation probably started much earlier, before we even realised. This paper, in the format of an objective review and discussion, aims to investigate the journey of human digitalisation, explore the reality of domination between technology and humans, provide a better understanding of the human value and human vulnerability in this fast transforming digital era, so as to achieve valuable and insightful suggestion on the future direction of the human digitalisation journey. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46d853e0d7964a76922c591df7abaed92023-12-03T13:15:56ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892021-06-0112726710.3390/info12070267The Human Digitalisation Journey: Technology First at the Expense of Humans?Hossein Hassani0Xu Huang1Emmanuel Silva2Research Institute of Energy Management and Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, IranFaculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UKFashion Business School, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, London WC1V 7EY, UKThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has enhanced the impact of digitalisation as a driver of transformation and advancements across almost every aspect of human life. With the majority actively embracing smart technologies and their benefits, the journey of human digitalisation has begun. Will human beings continue to remain solitary unaffected beings in the middle of the whirlpool—a gateway to the completely digitalised future? This journey of human digitalisation probably started much earlier, before we even realised. This paper, in the format of an objective review and discussion, aims to investigate the journey of human digitalisation, explore the reality of domination between technology and humans, provide a better understanding of the human value and human vulnerability in this fast transforming digital era, so as to achieve valuable and insightful suggestion on the future direction of the human digitalisation journey.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/7/267human digitalisationhuman valuehuman vulnerabilitytechnology dependenceartificial intelligenceintelligence augmentation |
| spellingShingle | Hossein Hassani Xu Huang Emmanuel Silva The Human Digitalisation Journey: Technology First at the Expense of Humans? Information human digitalisation human value human vulnerability technology dependence artificial intelligence intelligence augmentation |
| title | The Human Digitalisation Journey: Technology First at the Expense of Humans? |
| title_full | The Human Digitalisation Journey: Technology First at the Expense of Humans? |
| title_fullStr | The Human Digitalisation Journey: Technology First at the Expense of Humans? |
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| title_short | The Human Digitalisation Journey: Technology First at the Expense of Humans? |
| title_sort | human digitalisation journey technology first at the expense of humans |
| topic | human digitalisation human value human vulnerability technology dependence artificial intelligence intelligence augmentation |
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