Helga Nowotny

Wisdom means learning to live with ambivalence and to embrace uncertaintyHelga Nowotny’s memoir provides a detailed account of her life, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of a woman who defied convention in the male-dominated field of science. From her early days in science and technology studies, where she faced bureaucratic hurdles, to her influential role in shaping the European Research Council, Nowotny offers a candid look at her career. She shares personal stories of navigating the complexities of academia and policy, revealing the uncertainties and contingencies that shaped her life and work. This memoir resonates with anyone who has pursued a path less traveled, and offers a glimpse into the resilience and ambition required to succeed in challenging environments.Future Needs Wisdom is not really a memoir, nor is it an intellectual history, nor is it entirely a personalreflection or a summative philosophy. It is, in fact, all of these things fused together: her life, her

Wisdom means learning to live with ambivalence and to embrace uncertainty Helga Nowotny’s memoir provides a detailed account of her life, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of a woman who defied convention in the male-dominated field of science. From her early days in science and technology studies, where she faced bureaucratic hurdles, to her influential role in shaping the European Research Council, Nowotny offers a candid look at her career. She shares personal stories of navigating the complexities of academia and policy, revealing the uncertainties and contingencies that shaped her life and work. This memoir resonates with anyone who has pursued a path less traveled, and offers a glimpse into the resilience and ambition required to succeed in challenging environments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Future Needs Wisdom is not really a memoir, nor is it an intellectual history, nor is it e

An Orderly Mess is a timely diagnosis of the current dissolution of the modern order, while highlighting the opportunities of messiness. The essay focuses on the temporal and spatial dimensions in whi

Nine papers from an April 2003 conference in Essen, Germany explore the relationship between culture, technology, and innovation; the gender bias of technological innovations; pluralist histories of s

Curiosity is the main driving force behind scientific activity. Scientific curiosity, insatiable in its explorations, does not know what it will find, or where it will lead. Science needs autonomy to

Curiosity is the main driving force behind scientific activity. Scientific curiosity, insatiable in its explorations, does not know what it will find, or where it will lead. Science needs autonomy to

「如果開始相信演算法能夠預測未來，那就可能會失去未來。」在AI的世代裏，如何保有身而為人的意義？ 我們正處於一個迷人的時刻，在一條人類和AI 共同互動演化的軌道上。數碼科技的每一步發展，都讓我們重新思考何以為人。 我們已經開始認為，AI比我們還更懂得自己了。預測演算法會針對我們將要消費的物品、未來的行為、情緒狀態提出建議，我們甚至自我馴化，去符合AI的預測結果。當我們以為利用AI 可完全掌控未來時，事實上正好相反。奧地利社會學家諾沃特尼，在本書延續了她對科技與社會關係、社會時間的經驗與不確定感的研究，從哲學、歷史、社會學、科學角度，探究在數碼人類世，AI如何重塑我們的身分，我們又該如何跟AI共處。 演算法的能力太強了，我們輕易就忘記了「理解」和「預測」之間的重要關係。然而，我們不可屈服於效率的便利，不可放棄理解的渴望，不可拋下背後的好奇心與毅力。------------------------------在文化演進的路上，人們一直運用科學和科技加速往前邁進。然而面對日益複雜的人類危機，如氣候變遷、公共健康、政治和社會不平等問題上，諾沃特尼主張以數碼人文主義的價值觀，作為設計演算法和AI系統的起點，而非單純的量化數據。本書的論述採用了跨學科的取向：科技和科學、歷史、社會學、哲學等等，不僅對科技人，對任何希望探究人工智能如何影響人類體驗的大眾讀者來說，都是一本極具啟發性的讀物。——金國慶，香港中文大學計算機科學與工程學系系主任在這本充滿智慧而重要的著作中，海爾格．諾沃特尼描述了我們現況的不確定性如何被數碼科技帶來的興奮所掩蓋；不完整的預測如何輕易地演變成政策；以及道德上的遲疑不決如何往往被委婉地說成為效率。人類精神和機械工具將在未來共同演化，面對這樣一個開放的未來，這本書為我們提供了重要的參考。——大衛．克拉考爾（David Krakauer），美國聖塔菲研究所所長

The molecular life sciences are making visible what was once invisible. Yet the morewe learn about our own biology, the less we are able to fit this knowledge into an integrated whole.Life is divided

The molecular life sciences are making visible what was once invisible. Yet the morewe learn about our own biology, the less we are able to fit this knowledge into an integrated whole.Life is divided

This book is about how families make end-of-life decisions and is a product of research conducted by the author in Jerusalem. The author recounts and analyzes six cases presenting various scenarios t

The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity was hailed as a major scientific breakthrough, inducing an unprecedented wave of excitement and expectation among the scientific community and in th

In this provocative and broad-ranging work, the authors argue that the ways in which knowledge - scientific, social and cultural - is produced are undergoing fundamental changes at the end of the twen

This volume brings together contributions that resemble spotlights thrown on the past twenty-five years of science and technology studies. The contributions cover a broad range: history of science; sc

may be complex without being able to be replaced by something ?still more simple?. This became evident with the help of computer models of deterministic-recursive systems in which simple mathematical

Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdiscipl

Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdiscipl

Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific research. We have developed many ways of coping with unce

Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific research. We have developed many ways of coping with unce

Re-Thinking Science presents an account of the dynamic relationship between society and science. Despite the mounting evidence of a much closer, interactive relationship between society and science, c

Re-Thinking Science presents an account of the dynamic relationship between society and science. Despite the mounting evidence of a much closer, interactive relationship between society and science, c

"Helga Nowotny's exploration of the forms and meaning of time in contemporary life is panoramic without in any way partaking of the blandness of a survey. From the artificial time of the scientific la