{"title":"Futural Appropriation","authors":"Jeremy Pitt","doi":"10.1109/MTS.2023.3270499","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Technology is driving society toward the end-point of neocolonialism \n<xref>[1]</xref>\n, the process by which a privileged elite extracts resources from their same country and its citizens. However, once the dimensions of space for resource extraction are exhausted, all that is left is time. Then, if cultural appropriation is the process whereby a dominant in-group adopts elements from the culture of a disadvantaged out-group, the process of \n<italic>futural appropriation</i>\n enables an empowered older generation to dispossess a younger one, not just of their present but their future as well. This article identifies the process of futural appropriation, discusses its effects, and proposes how it might be stopped.","PeriodicalId":55016,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Technology and Society Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel7/44/10174794/10174805.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Technology and Society Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10174805/","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Technology is driving society toward the end-point of neocolonialism
[1]
, the process by which a privileged elite extracts resources from their same country and its citizens. However, once the dimensions of space for resource extraction are exhausted, all that is left is time. Then, if cultural appropriation is the process whereby a dominant in-group adopts elements from the culture of a disadvantaged out-group, the process of
futural appropriation
enables an empowered older generation to dispossess a younger one, not just of their present but their future as well. This article identifies the process of futural appropriation, discusses its effects, and proposes how it might be stopped.
期刊介绍:
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine invites feature articles (refereed), special articles, and commentaries on topics within the scope of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, in the broad areas of social implications of electrotechnology, history of electrotechnology, and engineering ethics.