從物力到物律,技術設計與人類行為 The use of things to being ruled by things. Designs of artifacts and human behavior.
10/13 講者:洪靖 荷蘭湍特大學技術哲學博士
Jin Hong Doctor of Philosophy of Technology of University Twente
技術物真的是我聽到目前充滿十足探討性的議題之一,有時單純想說超音產檢很棒,可以讓爸爸媽媽看到肚子的小朋友,但是卻沒有想到增加連結後若是需要終止妊娠的困難;也發現有些廠商可能只是再利用人類的本能來讓我們買他的產品,我們卻有時根本沒有察覺到。不得不說,在政治性上,利用權力、權威,使用在技術物上,的確在某些層面大大改變我們的社會結構或佈局。
道德性牽扯更加廣泛,終止妊娠在一些宗教是被禁止的,但基於小孩或是孕婦健康考量,這個倫理就被挑戰了,因此更是成為人性上很大的議題。再來則是丟棄紙杯或是塑膠杯,我們常常在心中有一個自己認為的「道德劇本」,這個成見的思想會不會也在其他技術物上呈現出來,我們自己以為的觀念,真的就是正確的嗎?聽完洪靖的演講,更加認識這個世界的發展,無論是技術上的超音波、環境議題的智慧電表、秩序問題的蒼蠅小便斗和排隊標線、座位很擠的英國議會……這些明明覺得日常的事物,竟然無形中帶給我們這麼大的影響,而我們也因為這些設計,慢慢走向一個好像不是自然而然形成的社會生活模式。
有政治性、道德性或權力參雜的技術物不見得不好,而是看在不同使用者的立場去判斷,也因為這樣,這個世界才會有不同的人發明不同的技術物,讓生活更加多樣化。
The investigation of artifacts is really one of the most exploratory issues so far that I have heard. We think the ultrasound inspection of the baby is great that it makes parents see the baby. While we haven’t thought the consequence of abortion. As for the discarding plastic and paper cups, we often hold a script of morality inside our mind. But is our conception always true?
After listening the Hong’s speech, it dawned on me that the designs of artifacts such like ultrasound, smart ammeter of environment protection, flies drawn in the urinals, the queue lines and uncomfortable seats in the UK parliament…etc. those we think nothing special actually affect our daily life greatly. Furthermore, we seem to live in the world constructed unnaturally.
Whereas it is not always bad when artifacts have politics, morality and power in it. As it is judged by different people in different aspects. Accordingly, there are various experts invest various artifacts to make our life colorful with those different thoughts.