EAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Emotional Contagion, Intellectual Freedom, Jennifer Doudna
7 Jun 2018
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UNIT 5 LECTURES
3/27 Lecture
The Sociology of Technology
- How does tech impact your life on a daily basis
- Buildings as objects of tech, education/research buildings, how it influences social
relationships
- How your contribution to tech may be used/misused, financial impact
- Studying sociology
- Don’t think of tech as being important to our lives until it fails
Social construction of technology
- Best idea doesn’t always become most successful or long-lasting in the market
- Tech doesn’t follow a deterministic path ^
- No correct use for tech- there’s a correct use, a dominant use- but can be used for other
reasons social groups in innovation
- New social norms from new tech
- Social groups- who is creating, using, regulating the tech
Communicating with the public project
- Check lecture slides
Sociology of Science
- Shared values/norms/practices among scientific community
o Truth
o Reproducibility
o Unbiased
- Role of scientist in 18th cent = Intermediary – scientists look at specimens, and then
decide what to show the public- drawings/subjective. Now- public wants to see exactly
what scientists saw- photography and objectivity
- Diff between scientific consensus and public consensus. How to translate from scientific
community to public
3/29 Lecture
Human Research: The Researchers’ Duty
Reactionary change- public outcry prompts govt regulation
Belmont Report- Basic Ethical Principles
- Respect for persons (like kant, where humans shouldn’t be treated as a means to an
end)
- Beneficence (rights ethics)
- Justice (rights ethics + a bit of utilitarianism)
Belmont Report- applications
- Informed consent- respects the people- informs subjects, they understand what’s going
on, aware
- Assessment of risks and benefits
- Selection of subjects
Document Summary
How does tech impact your life on a daily basis. Buildings as objects of tech, education/research buildings, how it influences social relationships. How your contribution to tech may be used/misused, financial impact. Don"t think of tech as being important to our lives until it fails. Best idea doesn"t always become most successful or long-lasting in the market. Tech doesn"t follow a deterministic path ^ No correct use for tech- there"s a correct use, a dominant use- but can be used for other reasons social groups in innovation. Social groups- who is creating, using, regulating the tech. Shared values/norms/practices among scientific community: truth, reproducibility, unbiased. Role of scientist in 18th cent = intermediary scientists look at specimens, and then decide what to show the public- drawings/subjective. Now- public wants to see exactly what scientists saw- photography and objectivity. Diff between scientific consensus and public consensus. How to translate from scientific community to public.
