Note: No formal calendar was created for STS.092, which met weekly for two hours in a seminar/discussion format as described in the syllabus document.
STS.069 Technology in a Dangerous World
| CLASS # | TOPICS / ACTIVITY | READINGS | ASSIGNMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Class |
Gras, Alain. “Big is Beautiful.”
The Role of MIT in a Dangerous World. (Continued). Castells, Manuel. “Prologue.” In The Network Society. Castells, Manuel. “The Rise of the Fourth World.” In The Network Society. |
Reading Assignments. Risk, Safety, and Accidents. |
| 2 |
Reading Assignments
Questions to be discussed |
Videotape of MIT Teach-in. |
Homework due: Two Assignments. |
| 3 | CBS Documentary on World Trade Center Attack of 9/11/01 | ||
| 4 | Discussion of Documentary |
Questions on Reading: “Missile Accuracy” MacKenzie.
Questions on Reading: “MIT as System-Builder: Sage.” Hughes. (One Day After Class #4). |
Homework #1 due. |
| 5 | The Role of MIT in a Dangerous World | General Information. | Homework #2 due. |
| 6 | Guest: Claude Canizares | Homework #3 due. | |
| 7 |
Technological Disasters
Guest: Wade Roush, HSSST Alumnus, Now with Technology Review. |
Roush, Wade. “Catastrophe and Control.”
Perrow, Charles. “Normal Accidents.” Galison, Peter. “An Accident of History.” |
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| 8 | Risk, Safety, and Accidents | Project proposal for single-authored report due. (Homework #4) | |
| 9 | Guest: Jamie Lewis Keith | Speech by President Charles M. Vest, MIT. | |
| 10 | Risk, Safety, and Accidents (Continued) | ||
| 11 | Environmental Risks | Assignment: Environmental Risks. | |
| 12 | Tour of the MIT Museum | Current Events. | Homework #5. |
| 13 |
Discussion of MIT Museum Tour Discussion of Castells Reading |
Homework #5 due. Turn in first draft of single-authored report. (Homework #4). |
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| 14 |
Further Discussion of Castells
Handouts will be provided in Class #13 |
Castells. “The Global Criminal Economy.” |
Root Causes. |
| 15 |
“Artificial Hearts,” by Shelley McKellar
Guest: Thomas P. Hughes |
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| 16 |
National Security
Guest: Ted Postol |
Technology and Identity. | |
| 17 | Technology and Identity | Technological Imagination. | |
| 18 | Technological Imagination | Technology and Identity. | |
| 19 | Trust in a Dangerous World | Long Paper due. (Refer Homework #3) | |
| 20 |
Root Causes
Guest: David Marks |
Castells. “The Global Criminal Economy.”
David Mark’s Slide Presentation. |
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| 21 | Final Review (PDF) |
Single-authored report due.
Trust in a Dangerous World. |
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| 22 | Recommendations for MIT | Williams, Rosalind. Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change. Chap. 1. |
