What do we make of what tech makes of us?

Mike Harris & Juliet Richardson

What societythinks of tech

“Teen battling Internet addiction cuts off own hand”

“Girl starved to death while parents raised virtual child in online game”

“Student ‘addiction’ to technology ‘similar to drug cravings’, study finds”

Hey, it’s not all bad

…But why should we care?

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We’ve done some reading

“Social networking sites could worsen communication skills and reduce interpersonal empathy.”

“True cases of Internet addiction are rare, and the panic about social isolation is likely completely backward”

The Digital Revolution and Adolescent Brain Evolution

Computers; Persuasive Social Actors

Futures Beyond Dystopia: Creating Social Foresight

Brain Plasticity Through the Life Span: Learning to Learn and

Action Video Games

Digital identity: Finding Me The Digital Native - Myth and Reality

What we make of tech

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started

and know the place for the first time.”

- T. S. Eliot

PEOPLE

PEOPLE TECHNOLOGY

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INTERACTION

BUSINESS MODEL

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This bubble is your nostalgia

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“Technology is everything that doesn’t quite work

yet.”

- W. Daniel Hillis

Thank you