A Study on All-Round Human Development in the Era of Digital Technology
Digital technology is reshaping production, labor, communication, and daily life. These changes give Marx's theory of all-round human development a new field in which to show its explanatory power. Taking that theory as the main framework, this paper discusses how digital technology may raise productivity, widen social contact, and open new spaces for learning and creation. It also points to problems that cannot be ignored: work time may spread into private life, the digital divide may widen old inequalities, and algorithmic systems may weaken workers' subject position. The paper argues that digital technology should be judged not only by speed, scale, or efficiency, but also by a more basic question: does it help real people gain freer time, richer abilities, and more equal social relations? To answer this question, the paper proposes several paths, including better platform governance, clearer labor protection, stronger public digital services, digital literacy education, humanistic education, and institutional protection of workers' free time.
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