Re: [liberationtech] ‘Kind’ technology?

I'm not sure if it's quite in the direction you have in mind, but in Scandinavia and now a bit more broadly in Europe at least, there is a growing tradition of "slow technology" - aimed at helping us slow down rather than always be in the service (enslavement) of greater efficiencies, etc. This

Re: [liberationtech] Plan for a New Liberationtech, 2.0

Hi all, While I'm not an expert in these domains (pun intended), I would certainly encourage you to look at runbox.com. They are a Norwegian company, which means first of all that they follow both the latest implementation of the GDPR, as well as the data security oversight rules and regulat

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

A fascinating - if deeply depressing - thread: many thanks to all. Let me add: the relatively sudden interest among Harvard, Stanford et al in attempting to introduce some element of ethics into CS (and related) instruction is also quite striking to many of us who have been doing this for 30

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

thanks in turn - let me see if I can collect a few from the colleagues most engaged; will happily report back with any successes. best, - c. On 03/02/2019 06:32, Yosem Companys wrote: BTW, Charles, do you have any of the syllabi for the courses you mentioned? If so, could you share them with th

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

Paul's comments are spot on: thanks for raising a central and critical issue. It would be great to have the sort of empirical evidence suggested - and below I will allude to some anecdotal evidence. But part of the response is, it's complicated, beginning with attempting to devise a study that

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

And thanks on both fronts! My acknowledging that it was a critical, spot-on point was not gratuitous or merely courteous: behind it is a larger point - one that we don't always point out to our undergraduate students. But Aristotle warned at the outset of his Nichomachean Ethics that no one u

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum? - curricula collection

Dear colleagues, my good colleagues at SPT have pointed me to the following resource: Over 200 courses in there, and from across a range of disciplines, certainly including computer science - ca. 25% - but