Desirable Social Qualities

• Shared technology / equitable access

• Submissive role with nature (leavers not takers)

• Political equality, not social equality (yes equal opportunity)

• Academia good• Equal access to

education

• More peaceful and safe

• Awareness of actions and consequences, ecological

• Harmony between ethics and technology

• Slower pace• Climax of technology• Less mediated

interaction

STS/PHIL 233, 1/16/01

Assignment for Thursday, 1/18/01

• Read “Spanish Waters, Amish Farming”, class pack pp. 23-26

• We will watch a short film on the Amish

• Using the article as backdrop, write a 1-2 page reflection paper on what questions the Amish might ask about the smart card technology and what design criteria would be foremost. How do these relate to your own?

• Note on papers: please double space, word process, 10-12 point font.