Laszlo Zsolnai delivered a lecture on “The Business of Info-Communication Technologies” in the conference “Toward a systemic concept of attention for the attention economy, using Buddhist and Western ethics” organized by the Eindhoven University of Technology in February 6-7, 2024.
In his lecture Zsolnai argued that info-communication technology companies represent a new form of corporate transgression as they want to devoid human beings from their fee will and consciousness. Business ethics offers a number of counteracting strategies against the practices of these companies. Zsolnai concluded that We need info-communication technologies that are consistent with our spiritual nature and liberateus for valuable functioning and being.
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