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Month: May 2019

Postmillennial Public Service Announcements

May 25, 2019 Leigh M. Johnson Ethics, Open Source Pedagogy, Philosophy, Public Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching, Technology, Technology and Human Values Comments Off on Postmillennial Public Service Announcements

For the last several years, I’ve been trying to incorporate new assignments and activities that encourage students to think of the work they do in my courses as having real impact on their lives outside of the classroom. I’m trying to work against their tendency to sit through a course as if they were a…

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Five Reasons Why I Am A Techno-Optimist

May 6, 2019 Leigh M. Johnson Digital Humanities, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Posthuman, Public Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive, Technology, Technology and Human Values Comments Off on Five Reasons Why I Am A Techno-Optimist

Since I posted my list of tech book recommendations a few weeks ago, several people have asked me to explain why I describe myself as a “techno-optimist.” I get this question a lot, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to give a quick account (and defense) of my position. But, first, a few preliminary remarks about…

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