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ISLA 303 VALUES & TECHNOLOGY FINAL ESSAY PROMPTS AND INSTRUCTIONS
The final essay should be 2,500 - 3,000 words long, or longer if you wish to further elaborate and needs to address the following issues.
What is Value to Society - discuss progress versus change. Is all technology progress? What does it mean to be Human? Is technology lessening our ability to be human? Can technology be used to control our humanity?
With every advancement in technology, there are great benefits but there can also be pitfalls. What are some of the concerns you have about technologies out of control? Feel free to refer to your required reading.
What is the role of the creator of technology in terms of how their technology is used? With information and media at warp speed, 24 hour news cycles and unlimited information available at the touch of your fingers, how do you and the TRUTH? If there even is such a thing.
Explain clearly the difference between the intrinsic value of technology versus the societal value of technology.
How has your view of tech - and be specific which kinds tech been challenged in this course?
Information technology - digital tech is the most significant advancement in the history of humankind since the industrial revolution. It is redefining us as a species. In a world of rampaging information, lightening fast change and technology overload, how can you find time to reflect and contemplate what it all means?