SEAMIC_Philosophy of technology and engineering: Introduction

In this video the speaker discusses the concept of technology and its relationship with culture and society. They argue that technology is a uniquely human capacity to adapt the environment to our needs, and it can be understood in three ways: as hardware tools, as rules and strategies, and as a system. The speaker also highlights the interlinkage between technology and culture, citing a definition of culture as "a set of techniques of adaptation" to the external environment and other people. Additionally, they discuss the impact of technology on society, including its opportunities such as enabling human self-realization, enhancing human agency, increasing social capabilities, and cultivating social cohesion, as well as its risks such as evaluating human skills, removing human responsibility, increasing automation, and reducing human control and self-determination.