Publications

@inproceedings{traffordCultivatingSilaOnline2021,

title = {Cultivating Sīla Online: The Use of Cognitive Interventions in Systems Design},

author = {Paul Trafford},

url = {https://www.jubileecentre.ac.uk/2964/conferences/virtues-in-the-digital-world},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-09-01},

urldate = {2021-09-01},

booktitle = {Virtues in the Digital World},

address = {Oriel College, Oxford},

abstract = {This paper addresses, from a Buddhist perspective, the burgeoning challenges of living and flourishing with digital technology. At its heart are the principles of human agency and a framework for the cultivation of s=ila (moral virtue). These allow us respectively to develop criteria for evaluating new technology, such as artificial intelligence, and to design systems that enhance well-being and human relationships. Accordingly, we apply them to the design of novel online social networks, where we treat the problem of maintaining heedfulness by deploying thinking routines to strengthen cognitive (and hence moral) functioning.},

keywords = {attention, attention economy, awareness, Buddhism, cognitive science, design, interventions, social media, social networking sites, thinking routines},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}