Human Nature and Technology

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Human Nature and Technology is a CTY Princeton course. Its course code is HTEC.

Course Description

(from CTY handbook)

This philosophy course explores the question of human nature in light of the extraordinary technological advancements of the 20 th century. Students examine how new modes of communication (e.g., the Internet), developments in biotechnology, developments in artificial intelligence and cybernetics, and modern devices of warfare (e.g., nuclear weapons), among others have affected and perhaps changed what it means to be human.

Class History