- Mar 2019
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut. It takes pictures 3 millimeters square, later to be projected or enlarged, which after all involves only a factor of 10 beyond present practice. The lens is of universal focus, down to any distance accommodated by the unaided eye, simply because it is of short focal length. There is a built-in photocell on the walnut such as we now have on at least one camera, which automatically adjusts exposure for a wide range of illumination. There is film in the walnut for a hundred exposures, and the spring for operating its shutter and shifting its film is wound once for all when the film clip is inserted. It produces its result in full color.
He must have had a time machine to look into the future. Body cams and the mobile phone have this covered.
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A record if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted. Today we make the record conventionally by writing and photography, followed by printing; but we also record on film, on wax disks, and on magnetic wires.
I think Bush was on to something. Ha!
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- Jan 2019
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courses.mcclurken.org courses.mcclurken.org
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Books
Maybe we can look at the history of dissent in books as well. Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and of course George Orwell's "1984" come to mind. What other books predict the dystopian censorship we are seeing in Twitter, FB, and Google?
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Noble’s Algorithms of Oppression;
I am intently interested in this topic. Especially understanding the human factor that goes into determining how the algorithm is built. I would love to be a fly on the wall to see if it is purely human cognitive bias / dissonance at work, or a code that determines what the modern day "Fahrenheit 451" is.
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What could we create for the digital signage in the building? For the giant video wall?]
Maybe a timeline of history in the Information Age that develops over the course of the semester? Maybe like this one at: https://www.preceden.com/timelines/37313-how-did-we-came-to-the-information-age-
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Digital Divide; Fake News
I've kind of already commented on this, but I think it is relevant as to whether or not history will look back on the twenty-teens as the dawn of the convergence of the Digital Divide and Fake News.
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Hackers and Hacking Culture
Hacking and hacking culture along with the role of the Whistleblower in history would be immensely interesting.
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Role of war/military in creation and spread of information/computing technology (WWII, Cold War, ARPANet);
I agree with @ebaumga3 and @mshiflett. The military has utilized propaganda and information operations as a tool effectively since WWI. Now there is a whole new command Northcom that specializes in Cyber / information warfare.
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propaganda
I would be interested in comparing and discussing the fourth estate historically to how it is being used today, essentially becoming a Fifth Column in disseminating information, and in some ways rewriting history.
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- Jul 2018
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www.latimes.com www.latimes.com
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It works like magic.
...even though I try to make myself feel good by not owning an iSheep phone, I'm not so sure I like the 21st century magic much these days. Let's hope the new generation of creators are more conscientious
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colonial times
ah, the lasting impacts of Colonial Spain on the world...
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