ECS 188 – Spring 2009 – Phil Rogaway

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ECS 188 – Ethics in an Age of Technology – Spring 2009 – Phil Rogaway

Class How we spent the class Reading/HW due today Notes

#01 1T 3/31 Kieslowski, Dekalog, Part 1 Surprise! Nothing due at first class meeting See Thursday's slot for assignments due on Thursday.
I will always follow this convention, so watch out.

#02 1R 4/2 Introduced ourselves. Quiz 1 (will not count). Discussed Dekalog, Barbour. §1 Barbour, Views of Technology .

#03 2T 4/7 Quiz 2. Discuss Barbour. Started to discuss Heilbroner (tomatoes). §2 Heilbroner, Do Machines Make History?
§3 Winner, Do Artifacts Have Politics? Do Politics Have Artefacts?, Social Studies of Science, 29(3), pp. 411-431, 1999, pairs nicely with the Winner article.

#04 2R 4/9 Discussed Heilbroner, Winner. §4 Postman, Five Things we Need to Know About Technological Change .

#05 3T 4/14 Quiz 3. Small-group discussions on Postman §5 McLuhan interview Useful vocabulary for the reading.

#06 3R 4/16 Watched Terrence McKenna video on McLuhan (5 mins). Discussed McLuhan. Watched Sloan and Thompson video EPIC 2015 (9 mins). McLuhan Meets the Net, by Larry Press. .

#07 4T 4/21 Quiz 4. Discussion of Johnson reading §10 Johnson, Philosophical Ethics Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Killing the oldest living tree, by M. Cohen

#08 4R 4/23 Quiz 5. Finish Johnson. Discussed Joy. Project proposals (milestone 1) due.
§8 Joy .

#09 5T 4/28 Film: Why We Fight §17 Orend, War .

#10 5R 4/30 Quiz 6. Saw Jarecki interview. Discussed Why We Fight and the article "War" §11 Jonas, The Imperative of Responsibility (difficult; leave time) helpful vocabulary for today's reading

#11 6T 5/5 Quiz 7. Discussion of Jonas reading. (a) Written assignment on Jonas reading. (b) §16 Diamond, Collapse .

#12 6R 5/7 Watched A. Leonard, The Story of Stuff. Discussed Diamond and LLH readings. §14 LLH, A Road Map for Natural Capitalism A lecture by Amory Lovins on natural capitalism

#13 7T 5/12 Watched the first half of The Corporation §13 Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree .

#14 7R 5/14 Quiz 8. Discussed "The Corporation" and Friedman reading. (a) The Lexus and the olive tree revisited, by Ha-Joon Chang. (b) Finish the rest of The Corporation (Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23) .

#15 8T 5/19 Discussed Giving good talks. Formed groups to discuss each reading, and then shared our thoughts. According to your interest, read any one of: §27 (Bhopal), §28 (Therac-25), or §29 (Fifty-Nine Story). Be prepared to present what you learned and thought about the reading you did. .

#16 8R 5/21 Quiz 9. Discussed the day's reading. Saw parts of the videos on the right. Till Stegers covered section 1 (thanks!!) while I rushed off to Canada give a Friday talk. §20 Boyle and §23 Microsoft DRM talk. Richard Stallman video.
Cory Doctorow video.
One day's patents (5-19-2009).
What is "fair use"?

#17 9T 5/26 Swapped Milestone-2's.
Section 1 saw a couple short video clips.
Discussed the various ethical codes.
Milestone #2 due. §30, Codes of Ethics (read all three and think how they compare). .

#18 9R 5/28 Quiz 10. Discussed Schmidt reading. Student evaluations. §33, Schmidt, Disciplined Minds.
Milestone-2 feedback. .

#19 10T 6/2 Section 2:
201 Cameron+Fei
202 Tiffany+Ara
203 Thomas+Ka Wing
204 Jeffrey+Nicki
Section 1:
101 Beto+Luis
102 Alan+Andy (plus, read Brin excerpt if you find the time)
103 Ying+Justin Read the writeups of the students presenting in your section today .

#20 10R 6/4 Section 2:
205 Kyle+Jorje
206 Chris+San
207 Evan+Ying
208 Anthony+Matt
Section 1:
104 Patricia+Jeffrey
105 Trevor+Chris
106 Cameron+Eddy
107 Jules+Jeryl Read the writeups of the students presenting in your section today e-Waste vidoe for group 206 (recommended)

#F 11S 6/6 Sect 2 Final (10:30 - 12:30)
209 Oscar+Johny
210 Johnston+Parika
211 Albert+Tushar
212 Keith+Adam Section 2 read the writeups of the students presenting today .

#F 11R 6/11 Sect 1 Final (3:30 - 5:30)
108 William+Randy
109 Guang+Gary
110 Jonathan+Mariela
111 Samuel+Jae Eun+Jong Section 1 read the writeups of the students presenting today .

ECS 188 – Ethics in an Age of Technology – Spring 2009 – Phil Rogaway
Class	How we spent the class	Reading/HW due today	Notes
#01 1T 3/31	Kieslowski, Dekalog, Part 1	Surprise! Nothing due at first class meeting	See Thursday's slot for assignments due on Thursday. I will always follow this convention, so watch out.
#02 1R 4/2	Introduced ourselves. Quiz 1 (will not count). Discussed Dekalog, Barbour.	§1 Barbour, Views of Technology	.
#03 2T 4/7	Quiz 2. Discuss Barbour. Started to discuss Heilbroner (tomatoes).	§2 Heilbroner, Do Machines Make History? §3 Winner, Do Artifacts Have Politics?	Do Politics Have Artefacts?, Social Studies of Science, 29(3), pp. 411-431, 1999, pairs nicely with the Winner article.
#04 2R 4/9	Discussed Heilbroner, Winner.	§4 Postman, Five Things we Need to Know About Technological Change	.
#05 3T 4/14	Quiz 3. Small-group discussions on Postman	§5 McLuhan interview	Useful vocabulary for the reading.
#06 3R 4/16	Watched Terrence McKenna video on McLuhan (5 mins). Discussed McLuhan. Watched Sloan and Thompson video EPIC 2015 (9 mins).	McLuhan Meets the Net, by Larry Press.	.
#07 4T 4/21	Quiz 4. Discussion of Johnson reading	§10 Johnson, Philosophical Ethics	Universal Declaration of Human Rights Killing the oldest living tree, by M. Cohen
#08 4R 4/23	Quiz 5. Finish Johnson. Discussed Joy.	Project proposals (milestone 1) due. §8 Joy	.
#09 5T 4/28	Film: Why We Fight	§17 Orend, War	.
#10 5R 4/30	Quiz 6. Saw Jarecki interview. Discussed Why We Fight and the article "War"	§11 Jonas, The Imperative of Responsibility (difficult; leave time)	helpful vocabulary for today's reading
#11 6T 5/5	Quiz 7. Discussion of Jonas reading.	(a) Written assignment on Jonas reading. (b) §16 Diamond, Collapse	.
#12 6R 5/7	Watched A. Leonard, The Story of Stuff. Discussed Diamond and LLH readings.	§14 LLH, A Road Map for Natural Capitalism	A lecture by Amory Lovins on natural capitalism
#13 7T 5/12	Watched the first half of The Corporation	§13 Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree	.
#14 7R 5/14	Quiz 8. Discussed "The Corporation" and Friedman reading.	(a) The Lexus and the olive tree revisited, by Ha-Joon Chang. (b) Finish the rest of The Corporation (Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)	.
#15 8T 5/19	Discussed Giving good talks. Formed groups to discuss each reading, and then shared our thoughts.	According to your interest, read any one of: §27 (Bhopal), §28 (Therac-25), or §29 (Fifty-Nine Story). Be prepared to present what you learned and thought about the reading you did.	.
#16 8R 5/21	Quiz 9. Discussed the day's reading. Saw parts of the videos on the right. Till Stegers covered section 1 (thanks!!) while I rushed off to Canada give a Friday talk.	§20 Boyle and §23 Microsoft DRM talk.	Richard Stallman video. Cory Doctorow video. One day's patents (5-19-2009). What is "fair use"?
#17 9T 5/26	Swapped Milestone-2's. Section 1 saw a couple short video clips. Discussed the various ethical codes.	Milestone #2 due. §30, Codes of Ethics (read all three and think how they compare).	.
#18 9R 5/28	Quiz 10. Discussed Schmidt reading. Student evaluations.	§33, Schmidt, Disciplined Minds. Milestone-2 feedback.	.
#19 10T 6/2	Section 2: 201 Cameron+Fei 202 Tiffany+Ara 203 Thomas+Ka Wing 204 Jeffrey+Nicki Section 1: 101 Beto+Luis 102 Alan+Andy (plus, read Brin excerpt if you find the time) 103 Ying+Justin	Read the writeups of the students presenting in your section today	.
#20 10R 6/4	Section 2: 205 Kyle+Jorje 206 Chris+San 207 Evan+Ying 208 Anthony+Matt Section 1: 104 Patricia+Jeffrey 105 Trevor+Chris 106 Cameron+Eddy 107 Jules+Jeryl	Read the writeups of the students presenting in your section today	e-Waste vidoe for group 206 (recommended)
#F 11S 6/6	Sect 2 Final (10:30 - 12:30) 209 Oscar+Johny 210 Johnston+Parika 211 Albert+Tushar 212 Keith+Adam	Section 2 read the writeups of the students presenting today	.
#F 11R 6/11	Sect 1 Final (3:30 - 5:30) 108 William+Randy 109 Guang+Gary 110 Jonathan+Mariela 111 Samuel+Jae Eun+Jong	Section 1 read the writeups of the students presenting today	.