For episode 10, I am joined by Dr. John Danaher to talk about social credit systems, the ubiquity of ranking metrics, whether or not its possible to go “off the grid,” and “Nosedive” (Season 3, Episode 1 of Black Mirror), which first premiered in 2016.

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This episode’s guest, John Danaher, is a lecturer in the School of Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway and an affiliate scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. John’s research deals primarily with the ethical, social and legal implications of emerging technologies, but dances around some other philosophical topics. He has written about social robots, the risks of advanced AI, the meaning of life and the future of work, the ethics of human enhancement, the intersection between law and neuroscience, the utility of brain-based lie detection, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of religion. John is a prolific blogger at Philosophical Dispositions, and he hosts an excellent podcast (also titled “Philosophical Disquisitions.”) 


You can listen to our discussion of “Nosedive” in its entirety below:


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