…technology is evolving way faster than human agency slowly taking over more and more cognitive functions, supposedly freeing us to do more; are we thus being conditioned to act as technology enables and dictates? Is human agency slowly becoming an illusion? Unconsciously selecting actions and reactions from a behaviour-researched presentation of an algorithmically-computed set of finite choices…
It might be so subtle that only a look into the past might provide insights into the current state… hmmm
More importantly though, it seems our ability to take full advantage of the affordances of new technology is limited by our inherent resistance to change and the relative slowness of the development of our agency and overall awareness of what is changing…
Posted in Learning and Learnability Tagged: choice, human agency, technology


