Happiness, Technology and Innovation

Gaël Brulé is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva. He has published about thirty papers and several books on happiness and wellbeing.Francis Munier is associate professor at the University of Strasbourg, He has published forty papers on technology and innovation.

• Introduction.- Introduction.- Salient theoretical considerations.- Does innovation bring well-being?.- Technologies: False friends?.- ICT: “Alone together”?.- Social innovation as a vector for a good life.- Duality of innovation.- The Luddites.- Creative destruction.- Key issues and future development.- Transhumanism, back to the future.- Frugal, but happy?.- Responsible research & innovation and innovation-care.- Creative goods and Resonance.- Towards positive innovation.- Conclusion.- Conclusion.