CS115/MAS115: COMPUTING FOR THE SOCIO-TECHNO WEB DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS
EVERYTHING IS BITS
PERFECT COPY, EVERY TIME
CYBERWORLD’S EVERLASTING MEMORY Can you find an online instance of this?
THERE IS WANT IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY
PROCESSING IS POWER
MORE OF THE SAME CAN BE DIFFERENT
SPEED OF (MIS?)INFORMATION
DISCUSSION: BITS AND TECHNICAL TOPICS * Technical: How much personal info can be traced back to the user? More of the same can be a new thing? ** Moore's law: why it stopped applying, why "law", could it go on forever ** Bits: how do they work, storage, movement, erasure/deletion levels
DISCUSSION: PRIVACY AND RIGHTS Privacy: History & future, Regulations about data collection, Citizens' rights and control: info about what is recorded of our actions, Do a company's promises of self regulation really work? Laws keeping up with changes of technology (lack of) Privacy on the internet of things (NYT 9/2/2016) NSO group spying your cellphone, "Make the world a safe place" (Case) "how target uses data and buying habits to establish brand loyalty while a woman is pregnant."
DISCUSSION: PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS *** Philosophy: Technology for both good and evil, risk and opportunity * Computer vs brain power
COMPUTERS What things come to your mind when you hear the word “computer”?
EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS How have computers changed? What are the consequences of these changes?