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The human environment is increasingly saturated with so-called 'smart' artefacts. We inhabit a world increasingly conditioned by the ubiquitous presence of computer, augmented reality and artificial intelligence technologies from social media, to fitbits, from smart glasses to Replika friends. This amounts to a radically new epistemic, affective and cognitive environment for the human mind. The course explores the history, contemporary context, possible futures of the ever-deepening engagement between mind, human nature, cognition and personal identity in the context of this artefactual background of our lives. In so doing it seeks to develop a deep understanding of how smart technologies are shaping the human environment. It provides students with access to the theories, tools, and resources to help them think about this new engagement and ideally help shape its future.Engagement with course materials will inform and complement the student´s studies in philosophy and the social sciences more generally and will give them new tools to face the future.