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Technology for the People? Humanity as a Compass for the Digital Transformation

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  • Thomas Franke

    (Universität zu Lübeck)

  • Mourad Zoubir

    (Universität zu Lübeck)

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How do we define what technology is for humans? One perspective suggests that it is a tool enabling the use of valuable resources such as time, food, health and mobility. One could say that in its cultural history, humanity has developed a wide range of artefacts which enable the effective utilisation of these resources for the fulfilment of physiological, but also psychological, needs. This paper explores how this perspective may be used as an orientation for future technological innovation. Hence, the goal is to provide an accessible discussion of such a psychological perspective on technology development that could pave the way towards a truly human-centred digital transformation.

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  • Thomas Franke & Mourad Zoubir, 2020. "Technology for the People? Humanity as a Compass for the Digital Transformation," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 100(1), pages 4-11, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:100:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s10273-020-2609-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-020-2609-3
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General

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