Man invents tools that modify the environment and in turn, the tools shaped the man that invented them. The forward-moving loop between technology and society is visible in the invention of the heavy plough in the 10th century, which led to a population boom in Europe in the invention of the printing press that plunged the Church into a legittimacy crisis in the 15th century and in the 19th century, in the invention of the radio and other mass media that made possible the emergence of national public spheres.

We are now experiencing another technological revolution. Mobile computers—phones, wearables, VR/AR devices and AI to name a few—have entered society and modified how people interact with each other. Meeting and trusting strangers for instance has become easier than ever because of technology.

We are living through an expansion of social reality that has generated unprecedented amounts of data about users at all levels of the human experience—from food preferences to romantic choices for partners to preferred destinations for vacations.

My academic work investigates the consequences of technological change on institutions and individuals.