This lecture addresses several important questions on the interface between technology and society:
- Why our world becomes ever more complex?
- Can we cope with world complexity?
- What is the relation between freedom of speech and information filtering?
- What is the psychological background of on-line cults and conspiracy theories?
- Why negative views propagate faster?
- What is the relation of irrationalism, and anti-elitism, to social media disinformation?
- How can we valorize our private data?