Desirable Social Qualities

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Desirable Social Qualities

• Shared technology / equitable access
• Submissive role with nature (leavers not takers)
• Political equality, not social equality (yes
  equal opportunity)
• Academia good
• Equal access to education

• More peaceful and safe
• Awareness of actions and consequences, ecological
  
• Harmony between ethics and technology
• Slower pace
• Climax of technology
• Less mediated interaction

STS/PHIL 233, 1/16/01
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Assignment for Thursday, 1/18/01

• Read Spanish Waters, Amish Farming, class pack
  pp. 23-26
• We will watch a short film on the Amish
• Using the article as backdrop, write a 1-2 page
  reflection paper on what questions the Amish
  might ask about the smart card technology and
  what design criteria would be foremost. How do
  these relate to your own?
• Note on papers please double space, word
  process, 10-12 point font.