Report of the First Digital Humanism Conference in Vienna, 26–28 May 2025
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Resource type: Report
Authors: Prem, M. Stampfer, G. Metakides, H. Werthner (eds.)
Austrian Digital Humanism Association (Verein zur Förderung des
digitalen Humanismus, Wien)
Publisher: Digital Humanism Association
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16841505
Digital Humanism is essential to securing a good life in the digital age
Digital Humanism seeks to reassert human agency and societal cohesion amid the sweeping forces of the digital revolution. At its core, it places the rights of the individual – both civil liberties and the collective freedoms that rely on shared institutions and cooperative action. We firmly reject technological determinism. In the face of significant challenges and risks, we call for the co- evolution of digital technologies and our foundational societal institutions. As a forward-looking, design-oriented approach, Digital Humanism affirms that humanity possesses both the capacity and the responsibility to shape digital transformation in alignment with human and democratic values