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INT198H- CISInternetasUtopiaandDystopia

Spring2017

Internethasbeeninterpretedtwoways:

• Utopia– “aplaceofidealperfectionespeciallyinlaws,government,andsocialconditions”• Dystopia– “animaginaryplacewherepeopleleaddehumanizedandoftenfearfullives”

https://www.wdl.org/en/

MuseumofCityofNY

https://www.wikipedia.org/

https://info.internet.org/en/story/free-basics-from-internet-org/

https://www.coursera.org/

http://pastebin.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory

Howistechnologyvaluedorinterpreted?

• Technicism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicism[throughtechnology]“humanbeingswilleventuallybeabletomasterallproblems,supplyallwantsandneeds,possiblyevencontrolthefuture.”

• Radicalcriticism-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critique_of_technology“Inalladvancedindustrialsocieties(notnecessarilyonlycapitalistones),technologybecomesameansofdomination,control,andexploitation,ormoregenerallysomethingwhichthreatensthesurvivalofhumanity.”