In this episode I talk to Anthony Behan. Anthony is a technologist with an interest in the political and legal aspects of technology. We have a wide-ranging discussion about the automation of the law and the politics of technology. The conversation is based on Anthony's thesis ‘The Politics of Technology: An Assessment of the Barriers to Law Enforcement Automation in Ireland’, (a link to which is available in the links section below).
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Show Notes
- 0:00 - Introduction
- 2:35 - The relationship between technology and humanity
- 5:25 - Technology and the legitimacy of the state
- 8:15 - Is the state a kind of technology?
- 13:20 - Does technology have a political orientation?
- 20:20 - Automated traffic monitoring as a case study
- 24:40 - Studying automated traffic monitoring in Ireland
- 30:30 - The mismatch between technology and legal procedure
- 33:58 - Does technology create new forms of governance or does it just make old forms more efficient?
- 39:40 - The problem of discretion
- 43:45 - The feminist gap in the debate about the automation of the state
- 49:15 - A mindful approach to automation
- 53:00 - Postcolonialism and resistance to automation
Relevant Links
- Follow Anthony on Twitter
- 'The Politics of Technology: An Assessment of the Barriers to Law Enforcement Automation in Ireland' by Anthony Behan
- 'The Politics of City Architecture' by Anthony Behan
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