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September 2019

Technology, Ethics, and Policy

This is a special issue related to and inspired by IEEE-SSIT’s 2018 International Symposium on Technology and Society, held in Washington, DC, U.S.A., November 13-14, 2018, on Technology, Ethics, and Policy. The ISTAS series of conferences poses potentially awkward questions that need to be addressed by designers, developers, regulators, and citizens, in the creation and adoption of technological innovation. Where does it come from, and does it fulfill a social need or satisfy a human value? In solving problems does it create a new and possibly worse problem?

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• Climate Madhouse by A. David Wunsch Posted in: Book Reviews, Environment, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Mann and Toles crystallize for us climate change denialism, principally in the United States, over the last generation. The core… ...  Read More
• Being Human in the Days/Daze of Big Data by Jeremy Pitt Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Technology for Big Data, and its brother-in-arms Machine Learning, is at the root of, and is the facilitator of, deliberate… ...  Read More
• Bipartite Approaches: Designing and Delivering Technologies for Body and Soul by Christine Perakslis Posted in: Human Impacts, Last Word, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Our authors identified risks that can result in diminished humanity, if technology is designed or delivered irresponsibly. Our community addressed… ...  Read More
• Only Two More Days! Matching Gift Offered for Contributions to SSIT Fund by Robert Dent Posted in: Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, SSIT Announcements - An anonymous donor has issued a challenge to match donations dollar for dollar up to US$10,000 by December 31, 2019. ...  Read More
• If Technology Is a Parasite Masquerading as a Symbiont — Are We the Host? by Jeff Robbins Posted in: Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Parents have no idea that lurking behind their kids’ screens and phones are a multitude of psychologists, neuroscientists, and social… ...  Read More
• Secrets and Lies by Karl Stephan Posted in: Book Reviews, Case Studies, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Holmes’s idea of inventing a cheap, small, fast, reliable blood-testing system to creatively destroy most of the world’s existing infrastructure… ...  Read More
• SSIT Launches: IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society by Katina Michael Posted in: Announcements, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The IEEE Society on the Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) are proud to announce the Society’s second refereed publication, the… ...  Read More
• Health 4.0: Challenges for an Orderly and Inclusive Innovation by Eduardo Mario Dias Posted in: Commentary, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology - Healthcare is one of the sectors with the highest expectations for positive impacts of the 4.0 revolution. Healthcare systems must… ...  Read More
• Let Me Hear from You by Robert Dent Posted in: Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The IEEE SSIT Technology and Society (T&S) Magazine has been published for decades. The SSIT Board of Governors is very… ...  Read More

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