This book uses a number of performance practices-dance, theatre, music, stage magic, and (perhaps surprisingly) philosophy-as metaphors for thinking about technology.

Mark Coeckelbergh is Full Professor of Philosophy (Philosophy of Media and Technology) at the University of Vienna and part-time Professor of Technology and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, UK. He is President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, member of the High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence of the European Commission, and member of the Robotics Council that advises the Austrian Federal Transport, Innovation, and Technology administration. He also contributes to ethics work of IEEE and the Foundation for Responsible Robotics.

An experienced book writer and researcher, he is the author of 9 monographs, including Growing Moral Relations (2012), Human Being @ Risk (2013), Environmental Skill (Routledge, 2015), Money Machines (2015), New Romantic Cyborgs (2017), and Using Words and Things (Routledge, 2017).

1. Introduction

2. Dancing with Technology: How Machines Move and Choreograph Us

3. Acting with Technology: How Machines Act and Direct Us

4. Making Music with Technology: How Machines Play and Conduct Us

5. The Magic of Technology: How Machines Create and Manage Our Illusions

6. Thinking with Technology: How Machines Stage Our Thinking

7. Conclusion