In an article I co-authored with philosopher Nevia Dolcini, we explored action and agency at different levels of a goal hierarchy, distinguishing between relatively lower- and higher-level goals (Gozli & Dolcini, 2018; see also Gozli, 2019). For example, considering coffee-making as a higher-level goal, filling the machine with water, adding coffee beans, placing the mug,…
Category: Technology
Nexus: Yuval Noah Harari’s Perspective on Information, Power, and AI
Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, is a narrative treatment of history, anthropology, political theory, and artificial intelligence. It’s a continuation of his ambitious style that began with Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. One of the main arguments of Nexus is that…