technology affecting people
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Information Technology Appreciating the benefits
Entertainment-games-DVDs, etc.
World Wide Web and the Internet Business data
E-mail and e-commerce
Digital libraries
Automobiles/trucks/hybrid cars, ABS brakesensors, night vision drivers
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Information Technology
Distance learning.
Speech recognition.
Simulation-air traffic.
Crime fighting-crime reports, records, analysis,database fingerprints,etc.
Health and medicine-ct, MRI, patient monitoringdevices, microprocessors, pacemakers, distancesurgery, device to control surgeons shaking,computerized gene mapping, protein modeling,telemedicine,
Tools for disabled,
Smart thing sensors,
Reducing paper loss.
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Information Technology Ethical Issues
Privacy and personal information
Freedom of speech in cyberspace Intellectual property
Cyber crime
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Information Technology Axiological issues
Intellectual colonialism
Related to the internet and WWW: Loss of the ability to recognize relevance
Acquiring skill
Loss of a sense of the reality of people andthings
Anonymity and nihilism
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Information Technology Ethical Issues
Privacy and personal information
Freedom of speech in cyberspace
Intellectual property
Cyber crime
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Privacy and Personal Information
What is the right to privacy?
Background
Legal decisions supporting privacy in socialand business activities were based onproperty rights and contracts.
1890, The Right of Privacy, by Samuel
Warren and Louis Brandeis, argued thatprivacy should be a distinct right. Courtsstill decide both ways.
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Privacy and IT
What are the privacy Issues related to IT? Freedom from intrusion of unwanted information into ones
personal space There is no privacy violation if information isobtained or published with the persons consent.
Spam (Junk)
Unsolicited Commercial (UCE) Freedom from surveillance and improper access by
computer hacking [monitoring, tracking/interception]
Cookie-Encryption/Carnivore
Autonomy over personal collected and disclosed to others
Theft Phishing
Anonymity-Discuss under 1st Amendment
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Privacy and IT
What are the privacy Issues related to IT? Freedom from intrusion of unwanted information into ones
personal space
Spam (Junk Mail)/ Unsolicited Commercial (UCE)
AOL v. Cyber Promotions. AOL got injunctive relief toblock incoming spam based on an infringement oftheir property rights (i.e. spam used AOL computers,costing the customer money and thus, giving AOLthe right to say what should come across theirproperty).
Opponents of the decision argue that the 1stAmendment prohibits the government restricting our
freedom of speech. AOL is not a governmentorganization as such no right to block.
Should a company like AOL be free to filter incomingmail? Do filters violate spammers freedom ofspeech?
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Privacy and IT
What are the privacy Issues related to IT? Freedom from intrusion of unwanted
information into ones personal space.
Spam--Solutions
Filters Anti-spam laws
Problem with government interference is infringement of1st Amendment rights.
Restriction on commercial spam stand a better chance ofbeing restricted.
Provisions in proposed laws: Spam must be labeled so it can be easily filtered
ISPs must provide filters
Spam must identify sender, include valid emailaddress, false and misleading subject lines areprohibited and all unsolicited commercial email
banned.
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Privacy and Personal
InformationFreedom from surveillance & improper access
by others [improper monitoring, tracking,hacking & interception]:
Cookies--Website stores information about visitorsactivity (data spillage--allow advertisers to use thisinformation or leaks due to the complexity of thesoftware
Spyware--surfing monitors, buying habits, keystrokemonitors.
Secondary Use of Information Sale of consumer information
Computer matching-comparing databases
Detecting fraud,
Law enforcement
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Privacy and Personal
InformationFreedom from surveillance & improper access
by others [improper monitoring, tracking,hacking & interception]:
How do we balance the need for effective law enforcementand guarantee our 4th Amendment right? Surveillance
Global positioning devices-track our movement
Cell phones and wireless watch bands for children
Carnivore sniffs information traffic going through net.
FBIs Magic Lantern program similar to Carnivoreexcept uses a different technology. Based on key-logging program-tracks keystrokes to bypass codebreaking encryption software. (Used only with a courtorder).
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Privacy and Personal
Information How do we balance the need for effective law
enforcement and guarantee our 4thAmendment right?
When does crime prevention become aviolation of 4th Amendment Rights?
Patriot Act I & IIAllows easier access for government agent to
use the above surveillance tools
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Privacy and Personal
InformationFreedom from surveillance & improper access by others
[improper monitoring, tracking, hacking & interception]: Encryption & Interception of Communication
Uses of Encryption Authentication
Digital Cash (for buying services on the Web).
electronic books, songs and movies sold on the
Web;
cable-television signals.
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Privacy and Personal
Information Freedom from surveillance & improper access
by others [improper monitoring, tracking,hacking & interception]:
Privacy Enhancing Technology Examples---Anonymizer.com and Zero Knowledge
to use digital money.
Platform for Privacy (P3P). Software protecting
privacy and user specifies privacy level required.Businesses are getting the message and website
operators do privacy audits
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Privacy and Personal
Information Freedom to access information
Hacking versus Hacktivism. Is Hacktivism a meansto safeguard human rights? [Freedom of Speechissue]
the combination of hacking in the traditional sense of the term--notaccepting technologies at face value, opening them up, understandinghow they work beneath the surface, and exploring the limits andconstraints they impose on human communications--social andpolitical activism is a potent combination and precisely the recipe Iadvocate to students and use to guide my own research activities,
--Professor Ronald Deibert, University ofTorontos Citizens Lab
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Privacy and Personal
Information Autonomy over personal information collected &
disclosed by othersBiometics (Identification of bodily indicators such as
fingerprints, iris, bone structure in the hand, etc). School IDs and civil liberties?
How do you design privacy safeguards? Build them into systemrather than retrofit a complex system?
Guard against theft, make system trustworthy, update systemwithout infringing on civil liberties?
Phishing Email or access link containing request for data and it is fraudulent
Debate over National ID Card-HR 418 and/or Standardizeddrivers licenses.
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Privacy and Personal
InformationWhat Privacy Protection and Regulations exist?
4th Amendment-protection against intrusion
Philosophical-Warren & Brandeis
Free Market v. Consumer Protection view
Contract
Regulations (consider the cost to compliance)---Example:Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
EU---Comprehensive Privacy Directive--Processingpersonal data.
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Privacy and Personal
Information Encryption & Interception of Communication
The technologies of anonymity and cryptography may be theonly way to protect privacy.
---Nadine Stossen, President of the AmericanCivil Liberties Union---
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Information Technology Ethical Issues
Privacy and personal information
Freedom of speech in cyberspace
Intellectual property
Cyber crime
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Freedom of Speech in
Cyberspace First Amendment
Congress shall make no lawabridging thefreedom of speech, or of the press
Protection against objectionablespeech, pictures, and otherforms of expression of ideas and opinions
Restriction are on the power of government, not individualsor private business.
Supreme Ct has developed guidelines for example advocating illegal acts is (usually) and truthful
advertising are protected
Anonymity protected.
Libel and direct, specific threats, Inciting violence, in certaincircumstances, are all illegal.
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Freedom of Speech in
Cyberspace Regulatory Paradigm
Internet is given a high standard of protection by the
Courts For example the Communication Decency Act (CDA) 1996
was ruled unconstitutional even though this was an attempt toregulate pornography that would impact children. FederalJudge commented that as the most participatory form of
mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highestprotection from government intrusion.
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Freedom of Speech in
Cyberspace Regulatory Paradigm
Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations restrictanonymity in the form of disclosure and financialrequirements established before the Web.
Anonymity on the Internet is taken advantage of for criminaland antisocial purposes.
Childrens Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) 1998
Supreme Ct found it unconstitutional Targets Internetterminals in schools and libraries that participate incertain federal programs.
Filters better solution
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Offensive SpeechWhat is illegal?
Obscenity is offensive and not protected by US
Constitution. Criteria for obscene material 1) it depicts sexual acts whose depiction is
specifically prohibited by state law,
2) it depicts these acts in a patently offensivemanner, appealing to prurient interest as judged by a
reasonable person using community standards, and 3) it has no serious literary, artistic, social, political,
or scientific value.
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Offensive SpeechWhat is illegal?
1996, Congress passed the Child PornographyPrevention Act to extend the law against child
pornography to include virtual children.Supreme Ct rules in 2002 that it violated 1stAmendment.
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Censorship laws Talking about bombs
No federal law against bomb information on
Internet until 1999--after shootings at ColumbineHS.
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Freedom of Speech in
Cyberspace Is Anonymity Protected?
Right to express political opinion anonymously (in
print) is protected . Right to anonymity by IP is protected.
Providers must have good identity protection programs andmust train their employees to monitor policy effectively.[Stems from sailor case AOL employee violated anonymity
of customers by selling list and provider held liable].
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Intellectual Property Intangible creative work protected
U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 of the U.S. Code of
Federal Regulations) Copyright holder has exclusive rights (life of
the holder plus 70 years), with someexceptions (backup software permitted):
To make copies; to produce derivative; to perform in
public; to display work in public.
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Intellectual Property Cheating
Rising Number of Cheating Cases BeingReported At UC Berkeley
Professors Aided by Improved Plagiarism-tracking Devices
IT makes it easy for students to plagiarize papers postedonline by copying and pasting text into documents.
Tracking cheaters also easier
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Intellectual PropertyLegislative History
No Electronic Theft Act (1997)
Act makes it a criminal offense to willfullyinfringe copyright by reproducing or distributingone or more copies of copyrighted works with atotal value of more than $1000 within a six
month period.
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Intellectual Property Fair-Use Doctrine (Copyright Act of 1976)
Four factors to consider in determining whetherparticular use is fair
Commercial or non-profit educational purpose Nature of copyrighted work (creative v. factual)
Amount and significance of portion used
Effect of the use on the market or value of thecopyrighted work
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act Extends copyright from life of the author plus 50
years, to the life of the author plus 70 years.
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Intellectual Property Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA] (1998)
Prohibits the making, distributing, or using of tools(devices, software, or services) to circumvent
technological copyright protection by copyrightholders (encryption).
Protects Internet Service Providers (IPSs) fromliability for copyright infringement by their users. (In
exchange IPS obligated to provide copyrightholders with the identities of suspected infringerssubject to certain safeguards
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Intellectual PropertyDigital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA cont.) Content Scrambling System (CSS) orCSS-compatible open-
source software known as DeCSS.
CSS, (which includes both player-host mutual authenticationand data encryption), is used to protect the content of DVDsfrom piracy and to enforce region-based viewing restrictions.
DeCSS, which is open source, allows Linux-based systems toaccess the content of DVDs by emulating a licensed player andperforming the authentication and decryption.
Court ruled that distribution of the DeCSS source code violatesthe Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and it is illegal todistribute CSS compatible source code, including by URLreference ("link") to the same.
Another court found 1st Amendment protects the software?Inconsistent rulings!
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Intellectual Property
Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA cont.) Content Scrambling System (CSS) orCSS-compatible open-
source software known as DeCSS.
there exists a very clear distinction between human ideas expressedunambiguously and concisely in source code and the machine thatexists after this source code is compiled or interpreted, and maderunnable within a machine's memory. I believe that ideas expressedin this source code are Constitutionally protected speech, and thatonly the executible machine may be considered a "circumventiontechnology".
--Gregory Kesden, Professor Computer Science-- CarnegieMellon University, 15-412/Fall 2000
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Intellectual Property
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA cont.) Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) Form of digital
copyright protection. Case in which team of researchers found
flaws in the scheme of the encryption mechanism, however,decided not to present paper with their findings for fear of DMCAlawsuit. But the contents of the paper leaked anyway. Awatchdog group brought a law suit.
DMCA has exception for encryption research and development
but the scope is unclear and DMCA ultimately has chilling effecton research and development. Fear of prosecution could causeresearchers to leave the country eroding leadership in the field.
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Intellectual Property Ethical argument about copying
Who owns the content ?
What are the rights of the owner of the media? Can they
backup their material? Who should be held liable for infringement
Individual consumer? (Napster)
Internet Service Provider?
What are the rights of business and Universities
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Intellectual Property Major Legal Decisions
Sony v. Universal[Betamax Case] (1986) Allows home users to make video recordings of programs for
archival and non-commercial purposes
Makers of recording devices not liable if the device hassubstantial legal uses if some people use it to infringe oncopyright laws.
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Intellectual Property Major Legal Decisions
Napster Issues
Was copying and distribution of music by Napsterillegal?
Was Napster responsible?
Fair Use
Was it similar to Betamax case? Copying songs for
personal use permissible but personal meant verylimited use not trading 1000s of copies.
However, it seems it was the impact on the market forthe songs that justified the courts ruling.
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Intellectual Property
Napster s legal responsibility-Court ruled that Napsterknowingly encouraged and assisted in the infringement of
copyrights.
Napster argued that it had legitimate uses in promoting newartists, etc who were willing to let users copy their songs.
Music industry argued that Napster used technology to aidcopyright infringement
Court decided that Napster was different from Betamax in that
Betamaxs relationship with the user stopped when they boughtthe machine whereas Napster interacted with customers andwas therefore liable because it failed to supervise use.
In addition it had an ongoing financial interest in activities.
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Intellectual Property Major Legal Decisions
MGM v. Grokster
Twenty-eight of the world's largestentertainment companies brought thelawsuit against the makers of the Morpheus,Grokster, and KaZaA software products,
posing the question of when can adistributor of a multi-purpose tool be heldliable for the infringements that may becommitted by end-users of the tool?
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Intellectual Property Major Legal Decisions
MGM v. Grokster Their theory of liability holds that Grokster and
StreamCast are responsible for the software users'copyright infringement -- either because theycontribute to users' infringement, or because theinfringement is, in effect, their own. These twovarieties of infringement are called "contributory"and "vicarious" infringement, respectively.
Court is faced with deciding between competingneeds: innovation and creativity and copyrightlaws.
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Intellectual Property MGM v. Grokster
difference between VCRs and the software
"Time-shifting" is a classic instance of "fair use" exempt from the
copyright law.
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Intellectual Property
MGM v. GROKERWhy the stakes are potentially momentous
The stakes in the case considered higher than in Sony. If the plaintiffs win, distributors of software that allows peer-to-peer file sharing will face
immense damage awards that are likely to put them out of business - use of offshore servers and companies -- which are beyond the jurisdiction of U.S.
courts -- as well as of anonymity -- you can't effectively hold an unknown personliable -- will mean that peer-to-peer file sharing continues. Thus, it may well be thatthis is, in effect, an unstoppable technology.
It might also stigmatize peer-to-peer file sharing in the eyes of some - especially ifthe Supreme Court used stern language equating piracy to theft, and derogating
peer-to-peer file sharing software as a criminal's tool.
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Intellectual Property
MGM v. Grokster
Why the stakes are potentially momentous On the other hand, if the defendants win, the market for peer-to-peer file
sharing software will probably boom.
In addition, the software distributed by Grokster and StreamCast willprovide a model of how to craft such software so that it passes legal muster;so those who seek to distribute similar software may simply opt to reverse-engineer the software that the Court has already blessed.
The upshot of this analysis is that the Court may reach for a compromisesolution. One such solution might be to require Grokster and StreamCast topolice their networks for users' infringement.
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Intellectual Property MGM v. Grokster .
Why the stakes are potentially momentous? In sum, a win for the defendants here seems lawless - as if it would, in effect,
give a Supreme Court blessing to a possible scofflaw community. But a win for
the plaintiffs seems somehow un-American - allowing courts to tell companieswhat to do, even though the companies aren't themselves breaking the law.
We don't even do this with gun manufacturers whose products are used bysome to kill. Is the Supreme Court likely to mandate it for mere softwaredistributors whose products are used by some to infringe copyright?
The court has substantial freedom here
Similar difficult questions arise within a theory of "vicarious" infringement. A keyquestion is: Did the software distributor have the "right and ability" to supervisefor infringement?
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Intellectual Property MGM v. Grokster .
How might the distributor reserve the right and ability to supervise forinfringement? It might require users to agree to provide copyright registration or
licenses for each use of the software. Obviously, that would be quiteburdensome for the user.
And doing so might only put the distributor in a worse legal position: Ironically,this test seems to suggest that the distributor will be better off if it remainsignorant of illegal uses, for then it cannot be held vicariously liable for them.
Some courts might want to address this irony by saying that the distributor mustreserve this right and this ability -- and thus must expose itself to a vicariousinfringement claim. But arguably, a court that forced this, might be going too far.
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Intellectual Property MGM v. Grokster
Why the stakes are potentially momentous
Given that Congress has not specifically required the inclusion of suchprovisions in the relevant contracts, should courts interpreting copyrightlaw take it upon themselves to tell Grokster how to structure itssoftware, and force it to police its own users? Or should the onus be oncopyright owners to devise "lockware" that makes illegal uses ofparticular files impossible?
Reasonable minds can differ on the answers to all these questions, Ithink -- and for this reason, the Supreme Court will likely feel free tomake law, rather than to simply interpret it, in this crucial case.
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Intellectual Property MGM v. Grokster
Why the stakes are potentially momentous A key question is: Did the software distributor have the "right and ability" to
supervise for infringement? We dont even do this with gun manufacturers whose products are used by some
to kill. Is the Supreme Court likely to mandate it for mere software distributorswhose products are used by some to infringe copyright?
Reasonable minds can differ on the answers to all these questions, I think --and for this reason, the Supreme Court will likely feel free to make law,rather than to simply interpret it, in this crucial case.
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Intellectual Property Peer to Peer
Benefits-allows for Open Source and enhancedresearch capability and collaboration
Consistent with a network or ecologicalworldview/paradigm
Downside-copyright infringement
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Intellectual Property Webcasting generally refers to the streaming of audio on the
Internet. It is sometimes called "Internet radio and licenses arerequired for each of the two copyrighted works embodied in amusical recording (underlying music and recording).
DMCA allows webcaster to provide programing withoutobtaining individual license provided Offers non-interactive programing
Primarily offer audio or other entertainment programing as opposed toselling music or promoting particular products
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Information Technology Ethical Issues
Privacy and personal information
Freedom of speech in cyberspace Intellectual property
Cyber crime
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Information Technology Ethical Issues
Cyber crime Child pornography
Copyright piracy Consumer fraud
Embezzlement
Attacks on digital assets (computer is the target)
Identity theft
Identity changed (programmer to criminal)
Medical records changed
Life of investigator erased
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Information Technology
Factual Issues Privacy and personal information
Freedom of speech in cyberspace
Intellectual property Cyber crime
Axiological Issues Colonialization of consciousness through IT.
Related to On the Internet
Loss of the ability to recognize relevance
Acquiring skill
Loss of a sense of the reality of people and things
Anonymity and nihilism
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Broader Impacts of IT
Computers and Community
Reduce face to face gathering and hurts localcommunity resulting in isolation and eroding the
family and community life. Robert Putman argues that an indicator is the number of
clubs that people join--other factors at play including:modern transportation and communication (increasedmobility), changes in family patterns and TV.
Addiction to computers and TV Digital divide---Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility (CPRS) push for universal access.
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Broader Impacts of IT
Criticism of Computer Technology Unemployment and deskilling of jobs
Manufacture needs
Social injustice Dehumanizing
Separates humans from nature
Benefits big business and big government
Use in schools thwarts development of social skill,
human values, intellectual skills and create an ominousuniformity of knowledge consistent with corporatevalues.
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Information colonialism
Peter Hershock A Buddhist Response to theInformation Age
Related to the Internet
Loss of the ability to recognize relevance
Acquiring skill
Loss of a sense of the reality of people andthings
Anonymity and nihilism
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Loss of the ability to recognize relevance
Limitations of hyperlinks---Web crawlers and searchengines respond only to Syntax and not meaning.
Failure of AI and limitation of information retrieval---we need bodies to provide a sense of relevance thatcomes from background and tacit knowledge andprimary knowledge.
Note: Blink: The Power of Thinking without ThinkingMalcolmGladwell
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Loss of the ability to recognize relevance
How the actual shape and movement of our bodiesplay a crucial role in our making sense of our world,so that loss of embodiment would lead to loss of theability to recognize relevance.
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Distance Learning and Acquiring skill
Every stage of skill acquisition beyond the first threerequires personal involvement. Something must berisked. Professional and cultural skills passed ononly by means of apprenticeship.
People acquire skill by imitating the style of expertsin specific domains and acquire the style of their
culture in order to gain practical wisdom. Body picks up shared moods, etc.
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Loss of a sense of the reality of people and things---
telepresense
Decartes concluded that we are only directly presentto the content of our minds (not the world or even ourbodies).
James and Dewey argued that the continual stream offeedback we get from the world gives us a direct
sense of reality.
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Loss of a sense of the reality of people and things---
telepresense
Merleau-Ponty claims that we need our bodies to getan optimal grip on the world and to be able to graspthe parts and the whole
Our physical presence in a situation gives us a senseof bothour power and of our vulnerability.
Risk encourages meaning
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Anonymity and nihilism
Web turns us into anonymous spectator with nothingat risk and no commitment. Tendency for many tokeep up on everything trivial. Chat rooms give us theopportunity to play at being many selves
The ethical sphere (Kierkegaard) involves mature,unconditional commitments. What role does the Web
play in stimulating such commitments?
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Information Technology
Axiological issues Related to On The Internet Anonymity and nihilism
What risk do we encounter on the Net? Kierkegaard said of the present age, it transforms
the task itself into an unreal feat of artifice, andreality into a theatre