I love this phrase – technologically mediated epistemology.
My life is about seeking truth. That is epistemology – that which is over and above the things that happen below and often. Of course, we seek this out in various ways – what we would call “mediated”. And the latest development – or more rightly the latest outpouring has come through technology.
I love the idea of AI (artificial intelligence). As a researcher I keep thinking that I am constantly trying to learn more – to increase my intelligence. I wish I had the capacity that computer programs have to search a broad spectrum of primary and secondary sources. Once those sources are found, then to synthesize the thoughts in to an organized whole. That is my love of computers!
My dislike of computers! People program and run them. And people are not necessarily known for strong moral convictions when it comes to the power that synthesized information gives.
And so, a person can create “misinformation” through technology by apparently having searched all known internet sources and then come to a conclusion. We are expected to accept that as truth. Out of my own background in information literacy I’m always a little leery of this “truth”. This takes a lot of faith!
Transfer this over to a phrase from the past. Three things remain – faith, hope and love. In order to live joyfully in this world we need to put our faith in something or someone. When we do so we extend hope into the future. But, as the saying continues, the greatest of these is love. Which makes it so much easier to live with other people.