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Science, Technology, and Society

MIT OpenCourseWare

1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2013 · score 0.7

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An MIT OpenCourseWare course from the Science, Technology, and Society program that examines how science and technology interact with social, political, and ethical questions.

One commenter recommends it as a starting point for anyone interested in the ethics of science and technology.

Humanities & Social Sciencefree#science and technology studies#ethics#sociology of technology#mit ocw

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  1. Recommendsmdakin2013in “YC is joining Alexis Ohanian's Without Their Permission Tour”

    "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology! Ain't got time to make no apology" -Iggy Pop

    There are people who work on the ethics of science and technology full time and they are awesome. If every technologist worked on ethics full time nothing would ever get done. I recommend checking out the work of the STS department of MIT though Open Courseware if you are interested in ethics.

    http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/

    Also, if there is actually something unethical going on, it's best to enunciate it using straight/clear prose following the satire if you actually want to affect the external world.

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