Are These Shoes Made for Running? Uncertainty, Complexity and Minimalist Footwear
In almost every technoscientific controversy participants could take better account of the inescapable complexities of reality and the uncertainties of …
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Thinking Outside the Box IS the New Box
For nearly four decades, Langdon Winner has been one of the most widely cited and influential STS scholars, not only …
What Was Step Two Again? Underpants Gnomes and the Technocratic Theory of Progress
Far too rarely do most people reflect critically on the relationship between advancing technoscience and progress. The connection seems obvious, …
No More Science Guys
This is derived from a longer essay originally published on Cyborgology on Monday, May 12, 2014. While I was, and still remain, …
What happens when big data blurs lines between innocent and criminal
Being a surveillance scholar means that almost anywhere I happen to be – from the corner bodega to a solid-state …
A Taste For Garbage
Dan: I’m here with Guy Schaffer and we’ve just been talking a little bit about what his current research topic …
Don’t Drink the GMO Kool-Aid! Continuity Arguments and Controversial TechnoScience
Far too much popular media and opinion is directed toward getting people to “Drink the Kool-Aid” and uncritically embrace controversial …
Cultivating Optimism
Planting hope in students matters. It is exciting to engage with them day-to-day as they struggle to grow into critically …
