Liberating the self from calculation: entropy in privacy enhancing technologies

Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 10:11 AM · 21:51

Entropy is a measure of randomness in information theory. This talk will discuss the role of entropy in privacy enhancing technologies from cryptography to noise generating networks and argue that the incalculable is essential for preserving the integrity and freedom of one's sense of self. The talk will draw on works by psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir and philosophers Byung-Chul Han and Paolo Virno to articulate one of the profound 'accidents' that has accompanied the internet: the loss of cognitive integrity.