Sept. 25 Morton Winston, "Children of Invention," pp. 1-19
J.M.Roberts, "Homo Sapiens," 22-37
Ruth Schwartz Cowan, "Industrial Society & Technological Systems,"
52-69
Sept. 27 Quiz
Oct. 1 Neil Postman, "Invisible Technologies," pp. 83-92
Oct. 2 No Class. Instead, you should attend a lecture on Sustainable Development from 2-3 p.m. in EN-2006
Oct. 4 Corlann Gee Bush, "Women and the Assessment of Technology," pp. 69-82
Oct. 8 No Class - Thanksgiving Holiday
Oct. 9 Langdon Winner, "Artifacts/Ideas and Political Culture," pp. 107-113
Oct. 10 Extra Class Wednesday at 1 p.m., Feminism & Engineering
Oct. 11 Freeman Dyson, "Technology & Social Justice," pp. 138-148
Oct. 15-18 Technology & Rights: Robert McGinn, "Technology, Demography, and the Anachronism of Traditional Rights," pp. 125-138
Oct. 22-25 Technology, the Environment & Population:
David Strong, "Technological Subversion," pp. 148-159
Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons," pp.284-294
Robert Kates, "Sustaining Life on Earth," pp. 294-302
Note: no class on Thursday, Oct. 25
Oct. 29-Nov. 5 Technology & Privacy: Stacey L.
Edgar, "Computers & Privacy," pp. 205-222
Laurence H. Tribe, "The Constitution in Cyberspace," pp. 223-231
Nov. 6-8 Artificial Intelligence: Hans Moravec, "Universal Robots," pp. 231-241
Nov. 15-16 The Future: Jeremy Rifkin, "The End of Work,"
pp. 166-171
Herbert Schiller, "The Global Information Highway," pp. 171-181
Virginia Postrel, "The One Best Way," pp. 188-199
Note: (i) No class on Mon., Nov. 12 or Tues., Nov. 13
(ii) Extra Class on Friday, Nov. 16
Nov. 19-22 Biotechnology 1: Genetic Engineering & Human Cloning
Enzo Russo & David Cove, "Frankenstein's Monster and Other Horror
Stories," pp. 241-246
Robert Wachbroit, "Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning,"
pp. 253-259
Nov. 26-29 Biotechnology 2: Biotechnology & Human Dignity
David Shenk, "Biocapitalism: What Price the Genetic Revolution?"
246-252
Judy Wajcman, "Reproductive Technology: Delivered into Men's
Hands," 259-275