2. Submission for QUESTION J.
How do you imagine social interaction
within 10 years, taking into
consideration the impact of technology
on human relations?
This presentation is part of Nalini Mangtani Raj’s
application for the Double Masters in Lawyering
and Legal advice for companies (bilingual LLM)
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LIST OF CONTENTS
A. INTRODUCTION
1. Concepts: social interaction and technology
2. Evolution
B. CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN INTERACTION TODAY
1. No barriers
2. Constant and Immediate
3. Abundant
C. CHALLENGES & LEGAL ISSUES
1. Health issues
2. Privacy
3. Crime
D. CONCLUSIONS
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INTRODUCTION: CONCEPTS
▸ Social interaction & technology
▸ Different Mediums: more options today in 2026 than ten
years ago.
▸ Impact of technology
Due to the subject matter we are dealing with
today, I thought it would be a great idea to use
powerpoint convey my message.
This program was what we used for presentations
back in the day, when i was a university student.
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INTRODUCTION:
EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL INTERACTION MEDIUMS
70’s
1890s
20th
century
2015
2020
2026
Social Interaction
before the last
decade 1800s
-letters
-telegraph
Immersive
reality:
Holograms
Virtual
reality (VR)
&
Augmented
reality (AR)
The internet
Boom: Social
Networks ‘ infant
years and
adolescence
Social Media
Rise of mobile
Video and
live-streaming
Bio medical
science:
Brain-Computer
Interface (BCI)
Artificial
intelligence (AI)
📻
☎
@
Radio
Telephone
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CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN
INTERACTION TODAY
1. No barriers
2. Constant and
Immediate
3. Abundant and easily
accesible
4. Inclusive and
empowering
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NO BARRIERS▸ Instant translation technology:
No language barriers
▸ Holograms : No geographical
barriers
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CONSTANT AND IMMEDIATE
▸ Artificial intelligence like our
Smart Homes keep track of the
movement of all the family
members and their well-being
24 hours a day, everyday. We
are always able to connect to
others.
▸ Thanks to BCI we can upload
and download memory,
monitor sleep and capture
dreams, which can then be
shared on social media.
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ABUNDANT AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE
▸ We look or think of:
▸ a building and can get all it’s information: function,
timings, people there etc
▸ a person and can get their personal and professional
information, mutual friends etc
▸ Thanks to VR and AI, academic institutions are accessible
and free for all.
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▸ paralysed individuals : prosthetic limbs &
Brain-Computer Interface
▸ individuals in coma: communication when
brains active (BCI)
▸ individuals born deaf, blind or mute can
use those senses
▸ bullying/ domestic violence / emergency:
instant rescue
INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERING
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1) HEALTH
▸ The health issues are mostly
psychological
▸ Anxiety and panic attacks due to:
-constant connection, which enables
employers to get in touch around the
clock
-easy access to information: being up to
date is a given
-Higher multi-tasking and faster
communication.
▸ New diseases and issues.
-fear of face to face (FFF desease): incapable of human non virtual
interaction
▸ Decrease in attention span and memories;
▸ Loss grip on reality due to simulation technology
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2) PRIVACY
▸Non existent privacy in daily life unless specific measures are taken
3) CRIME
▸Terrorism
▸Rise of hate groups
▸Easy social interaction has caused organised crime to rise
▸Israel’s UN envoy:
“Rise of social media
linked to growing
Jew-hatred”-
September 2016
▸At first-ever United Nations anti-Semitism forum, ambassadors decry
resurgence of hatred throughout the world. Its been 10 years since but
the situation has only gotten worse
Source: Why ISIS winning the social media war by Wired
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CONCLUSIONS
▸ We have come a long way.
Resolved old issues but new
hurdles
▸ How to respect values and ethics
in the use of technology for
social interaction?
▸ Does interaction with technology
take over human interaction?
16. NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
John Donne
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