Authors: Dr Johannes J Knecht | Prof John Wyatt Introduction In the previous article, we assessed some fundamental conceptions of…
Authors: Dr Johannes J Knecht | Prof John Wyatt Introduction In the previous article, we assessed some fundamental conceptions of…
Authors: Prof John Wyatt | Dr Johannes J Knecht Series Introduction This is the first of a series of articles in…
AI, Ethics, and Anthropology
April 29, 2024
Event Report by Simon Elias Unteregger On April 11th we left the premises of our Dach-Hub Birdview to meet for a public…
Philosophers, theologians, physicians, artists – the human being has always been the subject of much interdisciplinary debate. It has been…
Technology to Love?
March 14, 2024
Authors: Dr Johannes J Knecht (Quo Vadis Institute) | Michael Bozanovic (White Cross Austria) Our sexuality is an important aspect…
AI in the Mirror of Ethics (7 Nov 2023)
October 16, 2023
Follow Up Videos of the Event can be viewed here. This event will be held in English, but simultaneously translated…
Beyond the Status Quo
May 3, 2023
In last week’s “Issues & Reflections” (former “Thought of the Week”) we delved into the field of anthropology, exploring how…
Where to Begin?
April 18, 2023
Time and time again, I have been struck by the importance of anthropology—the question of who/what we are as human…
The Quo Vadis Institute's Annual Consultation 2021
November 12, 2021
On the 29th of October, the Quo Vadis Institutes’ Annual Consultation was held as a hybrid event, with attendance both online and at…
In Conversation: Sandy Shugart on Education and Healthcare
September 9, 2021
One of the main topics of interest at Quo Vadis is what it means to be human. In this episode…
Artistic Humanity
November 20, 2020
During our last Annual Consultation in 2020, we discussed the question of calling in relation to the arts. Human beings…
Revolt of the Machines
March 11, 2020
What makes a human, human? This is one of many questions posed by Alex Garland in his Director’s debut science-fiction…
Google's Genius Futurist Has One Theory That He Says Will Rule the Future — and It's a Little Terrifying
January 13, 2020
Technology’s relentless, predictable, and exponential growth will, according to the law of accelerating returns, bring humans into the era that…
In the (Air-Conditioned) Heaven of Superhumans
January 12, 2020
Disabled persons will overcome their disabilities with technology. The British colour-blind artist Neil Harbisson “sees“ with his ears, using an…