Lectures and Talks

  • “Navigating the Depths: A Fireside Chat on Leading a Deep Tech Company”, Barcelona Deep Tech Summit, 28 November 2023

  • “Nihilism and Technology”, Being Human Festival, London, 16 November 2023

  • “Threats and Downsides of Using ChatGPT”, ChatGPT Discussion, ROC van Twente, 10 November 2023

  • “Human-Robot Relations”, Lightbulb Chat: Robots, DesignLab, University of Twente, 8 November 2023

  • “Nihilism and the Meaning of Life”, How the Light Gets In Festival, London, 24 September 2023

  • “Freedom vs. Paternalism: Beauvoir and the Politics of Design”, Industrial Design Engineering LabTalk, TU Delft, 28 June 2023

  • “Ethical Dilemmas Concerning ChatGPT”, ChatGPT Education Congress, Eindhoven, 15 June 2023

  • “The Technological Mediation of Health”, Healthy Longevity Webinar, National University of Singapore, 1 June 2023

  • “Grand Opening: Facing the Unintended Consequences of Emerging Technologies”, Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, Paris, 9 March 2023

  • “ChatGPT – Chances and Challenges for Education”, Behavioral Data Science Incubator (BDSI) Panel Discussion, University of Twente, 22 February 2023

  • “Ethics of Technology”, Politecnico di Milano, 22 December 2022

  • “Unhappiness: Technology and Nihilism”, University of Amsterdam, 5 December 2022

  • “Ambiguity and Technology”, Utrecht University Philosophy Alumni Association, 30 November 2022

  • “Anti-Social Media: Deepfakes and the epistemic threat of equating attention with truth”, ESDiT Annual Research Day, Amersfoort, 21 November 2022

  • “Ambiguity and Technology”, Responsibility, Nihilism, Ontological (In)security Conference, Istanbul Policy Center, 10 September 2022

  • “Ambiguity and Technology”, Agile on the Beach 2022, Falmouth, UK, 7 July 2022

  • “The Philosophy of War and Exile”, Ontological Security Research Group, Sabanci University, Turkey, 1 April 2022

  • “Nihilism”, Crisis for Truth Conference, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, 28 August 2021

  • “The Social (Media) Construction of Truth”, Dutch Innovation Days, Enschede, 27 May 2021

  • “Nihilism and Technology”, Lean Agile Exchange Online Conference, 10 September 2020

  • “Nihilism and Technology”, FlowCon Online Conference, 3 November 2020

  • “Mind/Body Dualism: From Cartesianism to Cyborgism”, Cyborgs in the Making Symposium, University of Twente, 6 March 2020

  • “The Social (Media) Construction of Truth”, Trinity College Dublin ADAPT Centre, 11 July 2019

  • “Nihilism and Technology”, Illinois State University Philosophy Department Colloquium, 28 March 2019

  • “Nihilism and Technology”, NewCrafts Software Development Conference, Paris, 16 May 2019

  • “Nihilism and Technology”, Brave New World Festival, Leiden, 8 November 2018

  • “The Dangers of Data-Driven Activity”, AI for Government Summit, Toronto, 25 October 2018

  • “Nihilism and Technology,” Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, 27 March 2017

  • “Drone Technics,” Dealing with Threats and Disaster Workshop, Foundation for Responsible Robotics, The Hague, 23 November 2017

  • “Twitter and Philosophy,” Philiminality Interdisciplinary Philosophy Society, Cambridge University, 18 October 2017

  • “Why the Übermensch is not a Cybermensch: Transhumanism, Posthumanism, and Nihilism,” Thomas More Summer School, Utrecht University, 24 August 2017

  • “From Techno-Hypnosis to Orgies of Activism: On the Nihilism of Technology and the Technologies of Nihilism,” ADAPT Centre Public Lecture Series, Trinity College Dublin, 28 April 2017

  • “The Master/iSlave Dialectic: Post (Hegelian) Phenomenology and the Ethics of Technology,” University of Vienna, 16 January 2017

  • “Privacy-by-Design,” SECTOR (Secure European Common Information Space for the Interoperability of First Responders and Police Authorities) Workshop, Rome, Italy, 1 December 2016

  • “Nihilism—There’s an app for that!” TEDx Frankfurt, 29 November 2016

  • “The Master/iSlave Dialectic: Post (Hegelian) Phenomenology and the Ethics of Technology,” St. John’s University Philosophy Department Colloquium, 22 September 2016

  • “Machine Learning: The Next Step on the Path to Ethical Life or to Nihilism?” Machine Learning Symposium, University of Liverpool, 11 July 2016

  • “Privacy, Surveillance, and Technology: What Apple vs. FBI Reveals About Us,” 3TU.Ethics Annual Research Day, Utrecht, 25 May 2016

  • “The Myth of Unmanned Warfare: Drone Operators, Cyber Warriors, and Prosthetic Gods,” Southern Connecticut State University Philosophy Department Colloquium, 14 November 2014

  • “The Problem of Exile and PTSD,” Center for Applied Philosophy, Politics & Ethics (CAPPE), University of Brighton, 17 May 2013
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