21A.500/STS.075  Technology and Culture

Just a quick reminder to be ready for your turn to share during class tonight!

-      - If you have anything multi-media, please email the file to us in advance to avoid any A/V glitches.

-       - Whatever your format, make sure that your timing is strictly between 1-2 minutes.

-       - We’ll have some pizza to celebrate the semester.  See you then!

Thanks so much to all who shared links of interest on course themes this week!  A few links for further reading:

"Worrying things about CRISPR": www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/15-worrying-things-about-crispr-babies-scandal/577234/

"The Robots Are Coming -- Will They Work With Us?"  www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-robots-are-coming-will-they-work-with-us

A response to "discriminatory design": www.insecurespaces.net/archisuits.html

You can find a detailed prompt for the final paper under "GRADEBOOK MODULE."  Please feel welcome to stop by our office hours this week, if you'd like to meet about your final paper idea or to brainstorm about the multi-media option.

(For additional writing support, there are also great one-on-one resources available at the MIT Writing Center: mit.mywconline.com/ )

See you next Wednesday, December 12th for our last class!