On November 8th, 2010 Social Media Research Foundation Director Marc Smith spoke in Seoul, Korea at the 3rd International Conference on Digital Culture on the topic of "Smart Society and Civic Culture". 2010-November-8-NIA - Smart Society and Civic Culture -…
My good friend and colleague Jeff Ubois recently edited and released a volume entitled Conversations on Innovation, Power and Responsibility for the Fondazione Giannino Bassetti. Some of my comments on the topic of innovation from a conversation with Jeff are included in the volume which collects a wide range of thoughts about the nature and consequence of technical change.
Table Of Contents
Foreword Introduction About the Question Related Concepts Choosing Subjects: Where Does Responsibility Matter Now?
Genetics And Healthcare Thomas Murray, The Hastings Center Ignacio Chapela: Drawing a Boundary Around the Lab Arthur Caplan: Innovation as Politics David Magnus & Mildred Cho: True Fictions
Nanotechnology Christine Peterson: Nanotechnology and Enhancement Lawrence Gasman: Nanomarkets
Robotics And Computing Ronald Arkin: Embedding Values in Machines Jeff Jonas: Applying the UN declaration of human rights Marc Smith: Invention, mitigation, accounting and externalities Mikko Ahonen: Open Innovation … and Radiation Safety
Design Roberto Verganti: Varieties of Design Innovation Michael Twidale: IRBs, Design, Empowerment, Accountability, Sustainability
I attended the Maker Faire down the hill in San Mateo at the County Fair Grounds. The event is the gathering of the many forms of craft, tinkering, building, mashup, hacking, and experimental communities. Here are some photos from today's…
I will lead a workshop with Martha Russell on social network analysis of social media as part of the Stanford Media X Summer Institute on New Metrics for New Media: Analytics for Social Media and Virtual Worlds this Summer. I am…
My colleague Scott Sargent at Telligent notes that there are two sections of the March 29th Sunday New York Times feature articles illustrated with network graphs. The Business section runs an article "Is Facebook Growing Up Too Fast?" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/internet/29face.html) and…