EST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reductionism, Techne, Professional Responsibility
14 Jun 2018
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Week 5 (2/26/2018)
Introduction
1. Technology is the raw material for fighting economic inequality
a. A history is ruthlessly clear about what happens when too much wealth ends up in
the hands of very few.
2. Although scientists are more productive than ever, pouring out millions of
articles in journals covering an expanding array of fields and phenomena,
much of this is turning out to be contestable, unreliable, unusable, or wrong.
3. Politics of scientific publishing - can prevent negative results from getting
out there, science cannot advance, and dangerous errors go unchecked
a. Science can be rescued if researchers can start directing more efforts towards real
world issues.
4. Technology-a product of human innovation
5. Trend-the general direction in which something is changing
Negative Technology
●Negative #1
: Technology changes the way children think.
○While video games may condition the brain to pay attention to multiple stimuli,
they can lead to distraction and decreased memory. Children who always use
search engines may become very good at finding information - but not very good
at remembering.
○How our parents experienced receiving a cellphone differs than our experiences
receiving a cellphone.
●Negative #2
: Technology changes the way we feel.
○A study done over the past few years on two groups of sixth graders found that
kids who had no access to electronic devices for five days were better a picking
up on emotion and nonverbal cues of photos of faces than the group that used
devices during that time.
○Overuse of technology can also affect a child’s own mood. A report from the
United Kingdom revealed that kids who use computer gamers and their home
Internet for more than four hours do not have the same sense of well-being as
those who used that technology for less than an hour.
●Negative #3
: Technology can put privacy and safety at risk.
○Improper use of the tech can expose people to numerous risks. Children who use
technology may unwittingly share information that can put them in danger. In
Document Summary
Negative #1 : technology changes the way children think. While video games may condition the brain to pay attention to multiple stimuli, they can lead to distraction and decreased memory. Children who always use search engines may become very good at finding information - but not very good at remembering. How our parents experienced receiving a cellphone differs than our experiences receiving a cellphone. Negative #2 : technology changes the way we feel. Overuse of technology can also affect a child"s own mood. United kingdom revealed that kids who use computer gamers and their home. Internet for more than four hours do not have the same sense of well-being as those who used that technology for less than an hour. Negative #3 : technology can put privacy and safety at risk. Improper use of the tech can expose people to numerous risks. Children who use technology may unwittingly share information that can put them in danger.
