Fostering Ethical Thinking in Computing
New case studies series examines social, ethical, and policy challenges of present-day computing activities.
Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
March 2, 2021
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The Program in Science, Technology, and Society seeks to build relationships among colleagues across the Institute in a shared effort to understand the human challenges at the core of the MIT mission.
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Just published! The Empathy Diaries, by Prof. Sherry Turkle
Mar 3, 2021
For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. Here, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges.…
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MIT STS Program Announces L. Dennis Shapiro (1955) Graduate Fellowship in the History of African American Experience of Technology
Feb 8, 2021
The STS Program is pleased to announce the L. Dennis Shapiro (1955) Graduate Fellowship in the History of African American Experience of Technology, thanks to a generous gift from MIT alum…
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COVIDCalls: Biomedicine in the Archive with Joanna Radin & Robin Wolfe Scheffler
Feb 5, 2021
COVIDCalls: Biomedicine in the Archive with Joanna Radin & Robin Wolfe Scheffler
LINK TO PODCAST: EP #215 – 02.04.2021 – Biomedicine in the Archive with Joanna Radin & Robin Wolfe Scheffler…
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Drinks With The Deal: MIT’s Will Deringer
Jan 29, 2021
MIT historian of finance Will Deringer talks about what he learned from his time as a Blackstone analyst, Michael Milken and early spreadsheet programs, the South Sea Bubble and the many…
Our colleague in STS, Alondra Nelson (and the 2020 Morison Prize and Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society lecturer), has been appointed as Deputy Director for Science and Society in the…
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Physics World: The best of physics in books, TV and film in 2020
Jan 8, 2021
Prof. Dave Kaiser’s book, Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World (Univ Chicago Press, 2020), is featured in Physics World: The best of physics in books, TV and film in 2020.…
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Physics Today: The Year in Review – Books and more that stood out in 2020
Dec 22, 2020
Prof. David Kaiser’s, Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World (Univ Chicago Press, 2020), is listed as a book that stood out in 2020.
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