- How should markets, businesses, groups, and individuals be regulated or limited differently in the face of diminishing state power and the intelligification and networking of the material world?
My Answer:
Markets, businesses, groups, and individuals should not be regulated or limited with the intelligification of the material world as much as they should embrace the ever-changing world we live in. With the rise of cloud computing, enhanced digital dependence, and new virtual trends, organizations are forced to maintain their clientele by embracing the changes ahead. Verbeek (p. 218, para. 4) introduces the philosopher, Don Ihde, who distinguished the relationship between humans and technology. “In this relation, technologies are extensions of the body, as it were. Humans experience the world ‘through’ the technologies here…” (Verbeek, p. 219). Knowing this information, markets and businesses are able to understand the advancement of the cyber world and do everything in their power to keep their business as up-to-date as possible. The article, however, negates this intelligification by questioning if these technologies are morally acceptable or not. From the inception of the internet to imbedded chips today, businesses need to know technology is not diminishing and embracing the new and improving cyber structure is essential. Should businesses today refrain from advancing and stay in the stone age of technology, they are setting themselves up for failure. People today prefer online shopping, reading, viewing, etc. vice in-store perusing. Convenience is the utmost factor, so guaranteeing a markets, business, group, or individual’s success lies in their own hands.