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Clay Shirky states in Here Comes Everybody that the increases in power and flexibility of technology “will have more good effects than bad ones” (296). It is true that technology can do great good, but despite the positive effects, it can be and is used for malicious and amoral purposes. Continue reading Post 5

People often look to technology to solve problems and then praise it when it appears to offer a solution. What they often miss is that the best solutions to many problems come from people having ethics. Continue reading Post 4

I feel that all computer scientists have a responsibility to see that people are encouraged to study the field, particularly women. With more people studying computer science diversity increases. My wife had little interest in computer science, but decided to study it to improve her job performance. Continue reading Post 3

In Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky, Shirky talks about the power of social networks, social sharing, and social media to create organizations and groups. He talks about the great power of this technology; his language and tone make it clear that he considers this new technology to be good and helpful. Only briefly does he talk about the negative aspects of these outlets Continue reading Post 2

Computer hacking can potentially cause monetary, emotional, and even physical damage. Even if there is no apparent damage caused by a hacker’s attack, trust is damaged by all forms of hacking. This loss of trust has far reaching effects; in the Cuckoo’s Egg Clifford Stoll says that hacking isn’t “measured in dollars ripped off, but rather in trust lost” (196). Continue reading Loss of Trust Due to Hacking – Analysis Paper

In the Cuckoo’s Egg the author asks “what word describes someone who breaks into computers?”¹ This is an interesting question that still hasn’t been answered even 15 years after the author asked it. The media would call them hackers, but now a days people will use the word hacker to describe someone who is cheating or just exceptionally good at something. Continue reading Post 1 – Hackers