1. Technology & Society: A Critical Examination
What do you see as the biggest societal problem technology can solve?
What do you see as the biggest societal problem technology has/will create?

2. Technology Optimist or Pessimist?
Do you consider yourself mostly a technology optimist or a technology pessimist? Explain.
What are some of the biggest problems facing society today?

3. INCOME INEQUALITY

4. INCOME INEQUALITY: STATISTICS
Forbes article: The 85 Richest People In The World Have As Much Wealth As The 3.5 Billion Poorest

5. ROGERS CURVE: Innovation Adoption

6. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY What technologies will be the next big thing?
What kinds of problems will they solve?
What kinds of jobs will be lost due to the use of new technology? What will happen to those employees?
How will this affect those in the poorest communities?

7. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Radical Life Extension
Robots and Automation
Artificial Intelligence
Drones
Computer- Generated Imagery
Virtual Reality
(Google Glass)
Floating Cities
Cameras Everywhere
Space Travel
3-D Printing
Big Data
Internet of Things
6th Sense Technology
Social Media
Driverless Cars
Cyborgs

8. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Who will have access to these technologies?
Who will be left behind?
What areas of society will be impacted the most?

9. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Truth & Reason Privacy Political Systems
Work & Economy
Education
Family Life
Art & Design
Environment
Literacy
Concept of Life
Freedom & Coercion
Health & Medicine
Concept of Self
War & Peace
Entertainment & Sports
Social Relations

10. SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS
THE WAVE
SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS

11. ASSIGNMENT
Read (or watch) at least 5 sources on a chosen technology. Summarize each source or write a paper on the technology.
Develop an extended list of questions about the future impact of the technology.
Make predictions on how the technology will impact specific aspects of society (life boats). Minimum of 3.
Present findings to class, write a paper, create a website, documentary/video, design a workshop…