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COMP 381
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Today’s agenda Attendance and introductions Wait List What will the course entail? www.cs.unc.edu/Courses/comp381-s11 Structure Assignments Fly through of the topics Inventions and inflection points
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Inflection Points A bend or change in the course or direction What inventions have created inflection points in man’s history?
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Inventions Fire Gunpowder Internal combustion engine Automobile Written language Airplane Printing press Air conditioning Steam engine Computer Telephone Electricity Penicillin Wheel Internet Contraceptive pill Central heating Train Photography
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Evaluating Technology What were the positive and negative impacts of those inventions?
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Inflection Points in History PositivesNegatives privacy family quality of life survival expanding human reach expanding knowledge expanding economy democratization privacy invasion disintegration of family health pollution danger / misuse misinformation work abuse
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How to Evaluate What characteristics do you want for a system that you use to evaluate?
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Criteria for Ethical Systems balance of justice and mercy protect individual freedoms and rights no individual can/should impede or hurt another individual recognizes unethical laws flexibility dealing with relativism societal balance
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