Society and Technology Residential College 098
Technology Equals Progress

Course Information

Office Hours

Useful Material

Reading Assignments

• "Technology and Social Justice"--Freeman J. Dyson (JW: ch 1)
• "The Machines Stops"--E. M. Forster (JW: ch 2)

• "Technopoly: The Judgment of Thamus"--Neil Postman (NP: ch 1)
• "The Prolongation of Life"--Francis Fukuyama (JW: ch 3)
• "Reproductive Ectogenesis"--Stellan Welin (JW: ch 4)

• The Clone Wars: Stock vs Fukuyama"
• Gregory Stock: To upgrade is human
• Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982 / 2007)

Tuesday, September 17
• Green Building,     Breakiron 065     Prof. Michael Toole
• Class Reading     (Read in preparation for Tuesday's class)
• Learning Objectives     (Read in preparation for Tuesday's class)

Thursday, September 19
• Fast Fashion,     Breakiron 065     Prof. Jan Knoedler
• Class preparation
• Group Assignments
• Articles for Class Readings

Tuesday, September 24
• Health Care Costs,     Breakiron 065     Prof. Amy Wolaver
• Articles for Class Readings

Thursday, September 26
• Climate Change,     Breakiron 065     Prof. Sally Koutsoliotas
• Article for Class Readings     (Read in preparation for class)
• MPE 21013 lecture Climate Disruption: what math and science have to say
               Dr. Emily Shuckburgh     (Watch from 0:02:30 —1:16:25 before class)
• Presentation Slides   

Tuesday, October 1
• "Do Machines Make History?"--Robert L. Heilbroner (JW: ch 7)
• "The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts"--Trevor J. Pinch and Wiebe Bijker (JW: ch 8)
  
• Bucknell Forum: Neil Gaiman     Weis Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 pm

Thursday, October 3
• Genetic Algorithm program
  
• Karl Sims video
  
• BoxCar 2D
  
• Self-Aware Robots: Short TED Talk

Monday/Tuesday, October 7/8
• Symposium Project
  
• Library Research Assignment

Thursday, October 10
• Craft Center Project
  
• Craft Center Sign-Up Document (Sign up for four different sessions BEFORE Thursday.)

Thursday, October 17
• "The Intersection of Culture, Gender, and Technology"--Patrick D. Hopkins (JW: ch 12)
• "Do Artifacts Have Politics?"--Langdon Winner (JW: ch 13)
• "White"--Richard Dyer (JW: ch 15)
• "Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus"--Derek Bok

• "Control: Human and Nonhuman Robots"--George Ritzer (JW: ch 14)
• video: Monte Python's 'Meaning of Life' The Miracle of Birth
• "Manufacturing Gender in Commercial and Military Cockpit Design"--Rachel N. Weber (JW: ch 16)
• video: Yes, Prime Minister (equal rights for 'the ladies')
  

• "Shaping Technology for the `Good Life' "--Gary Chapman (JW: ch 25)
• Moore's Law (Wikipedia entry)
• End of Moore's Law (CNet story)
• "Amish Technology: Reinforcing Values and Building Community"--Jameson M. Wetmore (JW: ch 18)
• audio: NPR: Amish Community Not Anti-Technology, Just More Thoughtful (interview with Amish)
• video: Interview with Wetmore (The rightful place of science)

• Project: The Art of the Survey (Bring to class on Thursday, November 7)
• Genetically Modified Foods Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics
• World Health Organisation Twenty Questions on Genetically Modified Foods
• The Atlantic The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods
• Are United States Consumers Tolerant of Genetically Modified Foods? Rousu, Huffman, Shogren, and Tegene (read introduction only; up to "Experimental Design")
• Genetically modified foods, science, consumers and the media Rowland

• "Security Trade-Offs are Subjective" and "Technology Creates Security Imbalances"--Bruce Schneier (JW: ch 30)
• Security and Privacy -- Stephanie J. Bird
• Thinking Critically about Computer Security Trade-offs -- Adam Slagell Skeptical Inquirer July/August 2010
• Privacy vs. Security -- David Rapp
• Privacy vs. Security -- cultural differences NBC News article

• The Matrix (1999)

Upcoming Events

Writing Assignments

Symposium Project

• Symposium Project Documents
  
• Guide to Preparing Good Talks
  
• Guide to Writing an Abstract
  
• Residential College Symposium website

Online Science News

Other Things