Empathy Rules
by Prof. Sherry Turkle
Sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the phrase anomie to describe a destabilized and destabilizing state when rules and rule givers lose legitimacy. It’s what…
The Hauntology of Everyday Life
Author: Sadeq Rahimi (view affiliations)
Develops a comprehensive frame for applying the theory of hauntology to everyday life from clinical and ethnographic points of view.
Demonstrates…
In this episode, Edna Bonhomme and Professor Chakanetsa Mavhunga discuss the history of the African continent with relation to scientific, technological, and medical innovations. A center piece of this conversation is…
History offers a cautionary tale for biometric covid tracking systems
Biometrics have great appeal to those concerned with public health — but they can also be used for far darker purposes…
Monserrate, Steven Gonzalez. 2022. “The Cloud Is Material: On the Environmental Impacts of Computation and Data Storage.” MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing, no. Winter 2022 (January).…
The Work of the Future
Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines
By David Autor, David A. Mindell and Elisabeth B. Reynolds
Foreword by Robert M. Solow
MIT PRESS …
State planning, cancer vaccine infrastructure, and the origins of the oncogene theory
Robin W Scheffler, Natalie B Aviles
First Published February 1, 2022 Research Article
LINK TO ARTICLE: https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127211070304
Abstract…
2021 National Jewish Book Award Winners
Winner: Autobiography and Memoir
The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir
by Sherry…