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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - 'Today, it is possible to collect and connect large amounts of digital data from
    various sources and life domains. This chapter examines the potential and the
    risks of this development from an interdisciplinary perspective. It defines the
    ‘global digital twin’ of a human being as the sum of all digitally stored information
    and predictive knowledge about a person. It points out that, compared to the digital
    twin of a machine, the human global digital twin is far more complex because it
    comprises the genetic code and the biographic code of a person. The genetic code
    contains not only a simple ‘construction plan’ but also hereditary information,
    in a form that is difficult to read. The biographic code contains all other information
    that can be assembled about a person, which is obtained via data from cameras,
    microphones, or other sensors, as well as general personal information. When the
    growing wealth of information concerning the genetic code and the biographical
    code is properly utilised, insights from biology and the behavioural sciences
    may be used to predict personal events such as health problems, job resignations,
    or even crimes. Because our own interests and those of private firms are partly
    in conflict over the use of this powerful knowledge, it is still unclear whether
    the global digital twins of humans will become a liberating or disciplining force
    for citizens. On the one hand, human beings are not machines: They are aware of
    their digital twin and therefore are able to influence it throughout their lives.
    Because of their free will, human beings are in general difficult to predict.
    Dystopias of full control over individual behaviour are therefore unlikely to
    materialise. On the other hand, private firms are beginning to take advantage
    of the available digital twins of humans by monopolising data access and by commercialising
    predictive knowledge. This is problematic because, unlike machines, human beings
    cannot only benefit from but also suffer due to their digital twins as they attempt
    to shape their own lives. We illustrate these issues with some examples and arrive
    at two conclusions: It is in the public interest for people to be granted more
    property rights over their personal global digital twins, and publicly funded
    research needs to become more interdisciplinary, much like private firms that
    have already begun to perform interdisciplinary research.@eng'
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Talea Davina
      foaf_name: Hellweg, Talea Davina
      foaf_surname: Hellweg
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=45592
    orcid: 0000-0002-3868-6568
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Martin
      foaf_name: Schneider, Martin
      foaf_surname: Schneider
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=471
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6961-3716
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Ulrich
      foaf_name: Rückert, Ulrich
      foaf_surname: Rückert
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Christian
      foaf_name: Harteis, Christian
      foaf_surname: Harteis
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sarah
      foaf_name: Pilz, Sarah
      foaf_surname: Pilz
  dct_date: 2023^xs_gYear
  dct_language: eng
  dct_title: 'Who Will Own Our Global Digital Twin: The Power of Genetic and Biographic
    Information to Shape Our Lives@'
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