Sustainable Innovation at the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Last week the American Anthropological Association (AAA) hosted a discussion about sustainable innovation. Grounded in observations of social practice in particular localities, two points were particularly striking. One was the close relationship between responsibility and sustainability; to be responsible, innovation must be sustainable... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on December 2, 2010 8:48 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
Read also: AAA Annual Meeting 2010 and AAA Meeting - Sustainable Innovations
Nature, New Yorker on Cognitive Enhancement
Back in December, Nature published a remarkable editorial, Towards Responsible Use of Cognitive-enhancing Drugs by the Healthy, that concludes "Safe and effective cognitive enhancers will benefit both the individual and society...But it would also be foolish to ignore problems that such use of drugs could create or exacerbate." - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on May 5, 2009 9:06 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics and the Call for Comments The implications of innovation in the health field:
false hopes for medicine?
Categories: Biotechnology, Sociology
Judith Estrin: Closing the Innovation Gap
In this wide ranging interview, Estrin explains how business and political leaders can embrace policies that embody the values associated with innovation - openness, risk, questioning, persistence, and trust. And she warns that recent changes in business and government practice are putting innovation in the U.S. at risk. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on January 30, 2009 1:03 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Innovation and Politics by Piero Bassetti
An Interview with Dr.Marc Smith
Dr. Marc Smith is a Senior Research Sociologist leading the Community Technologies Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA. His group focuses on computer-mediated collective action, and he studies and design enhancements for social cyberspaces. In particular, he is interested... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on July 10, 2007 11:46 AM. Permalink
See also: Microspheres by Andrea Pitasi
Categories: Sociology, Software development
