INT198H - CIS Internet as Utopia and Dystopia Spring 2017
INT198H- CISInternetasUtopiaandDystopia
Spring2017
Internethasbeeninterpretedtwoways:
• Utopia– “aplaceofidealperfectionespeciallyinlaws,government,andsocialconditions”• Dystopia– “animaginaryplacewherepeopleleaddehumanizedandoftenfearfullives”
https://www.wdl.org/en/
MuseumofCityofNY
https://www.wikipedia.org/
https://info.internet.org/en/story/free-basics-from-internet-org/
https://www.coursera.org/
http://pastebin.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory
Howistechnologyvaluedorinterpreted?
• Technicism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicism[throughtechnology]“humanbeingswilleventuallybeabletomasterallproblems,supplyallwantsandneeds,possiblyevencontrolthefuture.”
• Radicalcriticism-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critique_of_technology“Inalladvancedindustrialsocieties(notnecessarilyonlycapitalistones),technologybecomesameansofdomination,control,andexploitation,ormoregenerallysomethingwhichthreatensthesurvivalofhumanity.”