The Outsourcing Illusion: Why Tempting Technology Can Lead to Dangerous Delegation

2015-04-25 00:00:00

IEET Fellow Evan Selinger spoke at the University of Florida on October 13, 2014.



To make wise decisions when confronted with outsourcing technologies that can fundamentally impact our sensibilities, we need a clear sense of what technological outsourcing is, why it often promises more than it can deliver, and how to judge when to avoid it. The task before us, therefore, is to grasp the phenomenological contours of what I call the outsourcing illusion.

IEET Fellow Evan Selinger spoke at the University of Florida on October 13, 2014.



To make wise decisions when confronted with outsourcing technologies that can fundamentally impact our sensibilities, we need a clear sense of what technological outsourcing is, why it often promises more than it can deliver, and how to judge when to avoid it. The task before us, therefore, is to grasp the phenomenological contours of what I call the outsourcing illusion.

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