Welcome to the multiverse: 'Law, Technology and Humans'

• Published in: Law, technology and humans Vol. 1; no. 2019; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Author: Tranter, Kieran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Queensland University of Technology 01.01.2019
• Subjects: law; law technology and humans; multiverse; technology
• ISSN: 2652-4074; 2652-4074
• DOI: 10.5204/lthj.v1i0.1379

The multiverse has invaded popular consciousness from its inception in the realms of theoretical physics. It is an intriguing concept - this universe is but one of an infinity of universes budding and bubbling together, and within this multiform reality, the laws and rules of our universe twist and change. The multiverse theory is a reminder and a warning that there is not a single reality, a single perspective, only one way to see and know the world. The assertion of a multiverse, gleaned from attempts to synthesise the subatomic of the quantum with the exceptionally large (physically and conceptually) of galaxies and gravity, is an injunction to wonder, speculate and confidently see the world anew. 'Law, Technology and Humans' aims for something different from the mainstream of technology law scholarship. Rather than repeating analysis born from the dominant narrative, it boldly presents itself as a portal to the multiverse of stories and methods through which to understand, dream, critique, build and live well in the technological present as it, with every planetary rotation, moves towards the technological future.