Class Id: 8574
Days: MW
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 02:20 PM
Building: FRIEN
Room: 101
Course Id: 3794
Departments and Numbers: EGR 277, HIS 277, SOC 277
Area: SA
Title: Technology and Society
Description: Technology and society are unthinkable without each other - each provides the means and framework in which the other develops. To explore this dynamic, this course investigates a wide array of questions on the interaction between technology, society, politics, and economics, emphasizing the themes of innovation and maturation, systems and regulation, risk and failure, and ethics and expertise. Specific topics covered include nuclear power and waste, genetically-modified organisms, regulation of the internet, medical mistakes, intellectual property, the financial crisis of 2008, and the post-fossil-fuels economy.
Prerequisites: None
Professors: Michael D. Gordin
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