Category: Magazine Articles

The future as depicted in works of science fiction, especially of the multiplex variety, is almost uniformly dystopian. The bleakness…  Read More

What are your values? I’m asking you, the reader. As a quick exercise, try to write down ten values you…  Read More

In the context of the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems, and with support…  Read More

At the IEEE 2016 Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, held in Melbourne, Australia, July 13–15, 2016, Keith…  Read More

Not So Fast: Thinking Twice about Technology. By Doug Hill. Univ. of Georgia Press, Oct. 15, 2016, 240 pp. In…  Read More

Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism. By Judy Wajcman. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2015,…  Read More

By Christopher Cooper. New York: Race Point Publishers, 2015, 195 pages. Ask a “twentysornething” or “millennial” A what the word…  Read More

Norbert Wiener and the Call for Ethical Engagement Over the last century, the greatest acceleration of technological development has come…  Read More

Dear Editor, Katina Michael, in “Gone Fishing: Breaking with the Biometric Rhythm of Tech-Centricism” (IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Dec….  Read More

A bot (short for robot) performs highly repetitive tasks by automatically gathering or posting information based on a set of…  Read More

Pillar 1: Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Technology IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology volunteers are making significant progress in…  Read More

During the last century a variety of surveillance technologies have arrived, have been deployed, and have had impacts on society,…  Read More

Some years ago, a sweet grandma in my (Christine’s) neighborhood was convinced that one of her neighbors was involved in…  Read More

Within the next decade, reactive medical practices will evolve into what has been popularly coined “P4” medicine — predictive, preventive,…  Read More

This piece briefly outlines the legal implications of surveillance, sousveillance, and “whistle-blowing” in a German human rights context. For the…  Read More

Fig. 1. The effectiveness of a security measure is plotted against its impact on privacy. Optimal solutions improve both security…  Read More

The Digital Society is increasingly characterized by an ecosystem of smart, socio-technical applications, such as smart grids, smart homes, smart…  Read More

By Richard White. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2011, 660 pp. Reviewed by Patrick Kidd   In the broad sweep…  Read More

Growing use of software applications in the home, the workplace, and in public places has resulted in increased production and…  Read More

Aerial drones are increasingly being repurposed for domestic use and legislated for public and commercial purposes around the world. Japan,…  Read More