Is there such a thing as men­tal cap­i­tal­ism where the dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion of infor­ma­tion and enter­tain­ment tends to make them worth­less? Is mind­ful con­scious­ness the new sought-after resource, and is there an area where this focused atten­tion can become a cur­ren­cy that can be active­ly cul­ti­vat­ed? If so, what chal­lenges do we face and how can digi­ti­sa­tion increase our intel­lec­tu­al autonomy?

In the lat­est of her Duet inter­views, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, and Prof. Dr Thomas Met­zinger, the well-known philoso­pher and aca­d­e­m­ic, dis­cuss whether dig­i­tal sov­er­eign­ty and men­tal auton­o­my are related.