Faculty of Nursing, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
Department Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Med Anthropol. 2023 Oct 3;42(7):607-622. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2023.2244649. Epub 2023 Aug 8.
Experts' views on the use of mostly digital technologies for dementia prevention are characterized by a simultaneity of "gerontechnological optimism" and skeptical hesitancy. Despite the hope for progress in dementia prevention through preventive technologies, experts also point to the complexity of prevention, the importance of environmental factors and public health policies, and the danger of an excessive focus on individual interventions. Without questioning the positive impact such technologies can have on many people, we claim that the experts' ambiguity reveals a deeper concern, a kind of "cruel optimism" that is based on a fantasy of "supported autonomy".
专家对主要使用数字技术预防痴呆症的看法具有“老年技术乐观主义”和怀疑犹豫的同时性。尽管人们希望通过预防技术在预防痴呆症方面取得进展，但专家们也指出了预防的复杂性、环境因素和公共卫生政策的重要性，以及过度关注个体干预的危险。我们并不是质疑这些技术对许多人可能产生的积极影响，而是声称专家们的模棱两可揭示了更深层次的担忧，一种基于“支持自主”幻想的“残酷乐观主义”。
