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Area of Science:

  • * Digital Humanities
  • * Philosophy of Technology
  • * Cognitive Science

Background:

  • * Human memory and forgetting are fundamental involuntary processes crucial for identity and decision-making.
  • * Whitehead and Hannah introduced the concept of the 'digital involuntary' concerning technology's impact on these processes.
  • * Existing analyses of the 'digital involuntary' primarily focus on social media platforms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To examine how smart technologies reshape human memory and forgetting.
  • * To extend the concept of the 'digital involuntary' beyond social media.
  • * To analyze the implications of digital systems on agency in remembrance.

Main Methods:

  • * Philosophical commentary engaging with existing theories.
  • * Phenomenological analysis drawing on Nietzsche and Ricoeur.
  • * Conceptual extension of the 'digital involuntary' framework.

Main Results:

  • * Digital systems obscure the generative source of memories, blurring lines of agency.
  • * Smart technologies introduce new dimensions to the 'digital involuntary'.
  • * The concept applies broadly to smart home devices and other consent-driven digital interactions.

Conclusions:

  • * Smart technologies significantly impact the involuntary nature of memory and forgetting.
  • * The 'digital involuntary' is a pervasive phenomenon across various digital domains.
  • * Further research is needed to understand the long-term implications for human identity and decision-making.