[STS]: S1.1 Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society

Scientia

Latin of Science

Know

What does scientia mean from scire?

Science

A knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation. 

Science

A particular area of scientific study (such as biology, physics, or chemistry). A particular branch of science.

John Heilbron

"Modern is a discovery of a well as an invention."

John Heilbron

A famous American historian, considered science as a discovery of regularity in nature, enough for natural phenomena to be described by principles and laws.

John Heilbron

He also explained that science required invention to devise techniques, abstractions, apparatuses, and organizations to describe these natural regularities and their law-like descriptions.

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

An American computer programmer, one of the world’s most powerful business leaders, gave a revealing answer about how he thinks about the role of technology. (born May 14, 1984)

“What defines a technological tool — one historical definition — is something that takes a human’s sense or ability and augments it and makes it more powerful. So, for example, I wear contact lenses or glasses; that is a technology that enhances my human ability of vision and makes it better.”

What did Mark Elliot Zuckerberg answered to a brazilian user who asked how Facebook could make users more social in real life?

Lewis Wolpert

South African-born British developmental biologist, an author, and broadcaster, who is recognized for his work on the intracellular positional information that guides cellular development. In addition, he has published several popular science books. (Born: 19 October 1929)

The idea that science is dangerous is deeply embedded in our culture, particularly in literature, yet science provides the best way of understanding the world. Science is not the same as technology

The Medawar Lecture 1998 Is science dangerous?

Carl Edward Sagan

was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator especially with his public television series Cosmos. Its accompanying book spent seventy weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.

Carl Edward Sagan

He was an adviser to NASA for the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking unmanned space missions.

"We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster."

This is succinctly captured in a famous line of Carl Sagan, quoted in Tom Head's (2006) book:

John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values

Who made the top 10 list of ethical dilemmas in science and technology?

Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School (2018)

According to _________, Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a relatively new academic field. Its roots lie in the interwar period and continue into the start of the Cold War, when historians and sociologists of science, and scientists themselves, became interested in the relationship between scientific knowledge, technological systems, and society

Science and Technology Studies (STS)

This build bridges between disciplines that do not ordinarily meet each other in the undergraduate curriculum, such as sociology and science, law and science, anthropology and technology, environmental science and political theory, or technology and philosophy.

Science and Technology Studies (STS)

explores in rich and compelling ways what difference it makes to human societies that we, collectively, are producers and users of science and technology.

1. Helix

2. The Robot Priest

3. Emotion-Sensing Facial Recognition

4. Ransomware

5. The Textalyzer

6. Social Credit Systems

7. Google Clips

8. Sentencing Software

9. The Rise of Robot Friendship

10. The Citizen App

top 10 list of ethical dilemmas in science and technology.

Helix

A digital app store designed to help you read your genome.

BlessU-2 and Pepper

(Under The Robot Priest) are the first robot priest and monk, respectively.

Emotion-Sensing Facial Recognition

Optimizing retail experiences by assessing your reactions.

Ransomware

Holding data hostage until you pay up, whether you're an individual or a large corporation.

The Textalyzer

A new tool in the battle against texting and driving that tells police if you were on your phone before an accident.

Social Credit Systems

China will debut theirs in 2020, but do we already live in a world where online reputation is king?

Google Clips

This little camera will watch you all day and capture your most picturesque moments.

Sentencing Software

There are already Americans being sentenced with the help of a mysterious algorithm.

The Rise of Robot Friendship

Can we create a chat bot out of our loved ones' old texts and social media posts?

The Citizen App

Live crime reporting may lead to vigilante justice