UWW310 Technology's Effect on Society

Criminal charges are being filed against two state regulators and a Flint employee after the flint water crisis. All of this could have been avoided if it was not for the tampering of evidence that these people have done.

I find it surprising that in Florida they are expanding a nuclear plant. It will affect some wild life in the area and cut through some cities and be along the edge of Everglades National Park.

Could you get a tax break by owning an electric car by living in boston?! Michele Wu filed a petition for people who owns an electric car a break on their excise tax.

After many years where studies says that laser beams can hurt a pilots eye is now saying it is not true! Pilots can rest easy now when they are responsible for hundreds of lives on their plane.

An interesting article about negative effects technology can have, similar to what we touched on early in the semester with the MIT students!

We live in a high tech world-with high tech classrooms. We embrace the benefits of using iPads during class, integrating tweets during presentations, and teaching students while using smart TVs. We know the many benefits of incorporating technology while teaching, such as adding diversity to lessons, increasing student interaction, and to bringing new perspectives and knowledge to the class.

"One-third of the world's food is wasted every year. But now, crowdsourcing, social media, and mobile technology are providing people with the ability to reduce that number enormously."

"For most of the last 50 years, technology knew its place. We all spent a lot of time with technology-we drove to work, flew on airplanes, used telephones and computers, and cooked with microwaves. But even five years ago, technology seemed external, a servant. These days, what's so striking is not only technology's ubiquity but also its intimacy."

"Snapchat's growing up. The messaging app that was once defined by its disappearing illicit photos is now serving as an opportune platform for teenagers in abusive relationships."

"It turns out that the means of delivery, the things the Internet has let us do over the last two decades or so, give us a good clue as to what will need to remain consistent in your digital program (or whatever it ends up being called) over the next half century."

"How will the IoT manifest itself in the home? For many consumer brands and retailers, there's always been one door that holds the key to the $65 billion a month American households spend on food: the refrigerator door."

"Password security has long been considered the most fundamental way of keeping company data safe. But recent research revealing the world's most popular passwords - including "123456" and "password" - reminds us of what we already knew: that most people still don't understand the most basic principles about secure passwords. "

"Delays to loading web pages and videos increase our heart rate and produce a level of stress equivalent to watching a horror film, according to a study from Ericsson."

Since the rise of Google, the Edward Snowden revelations and Facebook's rise to media dominance, 22% of American adults have responded by changing the way they behave online. But besides being outraged and taking direct action, there's a more subtle menace of free speech and the spread of dissident ideas: the slow creep of self-censorship.

A sense of entitlement is not the only stereotype attached to millennials in the workplace. "Entitled, lazy, narcissistic and addicted to social media," according to CNBC. "They Don't Need Trophies but They Want Reinforcement," Forbes wrote. "Many millennials want to make the world a better place, and the future of work lies in inspiring them," Fast Company proclaimed.

At TEDxHongKong, Mr. Nair will discuss the diminishing effects of technological overreach on all of us. He will explore the importance of redefining interconnectivity and of freeing people from prizing "likes" and "followers" in his controversial but stimulating talk.

"Spurred on by Apple's battles against the FBI, some of tech's biggest names are to expand encryption of user data in their services, the Guardian can reveal"

This group will post items of interest on how technology is affecting society.

A coalition of civil rights groups wants to be included in the meetings to keep the feds in check. Last month, an array of American tech companies, media organizations, PR firms, and other groups met with government officials behind closed doors at the Justice Department. They had come to talk about ISIS propaganda online. In what the government dubbed the "Madison Valleywood Project," the participants were briefed by White House officials before huddling for hours to come up with ways to counter the Islamic State's digital messaging efforts.

For a process that plays such a major role in determining the future leader of the world's most powerful country, the Iowa Caucuses can seem archaic, opaque, and hard to understand. But this year, thanks to mobile tech and social media, they're about to become more open and transparent-an evolution that could also play an outsized role in influencing the outcome of the nation's first presidential contest.

This is a timely topic with the Iowa caucuses this week. The Influence of Technology on Politics Can, and will, the next generation of politicians exploit the communication mediums available to them? Will the new communication mediums have the power to influence public opinion? Will politicians be the victims of technology, or will they use it to their benefit?

June 1, 2006 News Release: Advanced Countries Will Benefit Most from Progress in Technology, with Lesser Benefits to Other Nations.