SilasWeek 14: Environmental JusticeNotes: According to Mustafa Santiago Ali air pollution is an epidemic that is going through minority communities. Redlined districts…Apr 26, 2023Apr 26, 2023
SilasWeek 13: Water in the WestNotes: The Colorado river isn’t the largest or longest river, but its one of the top providers. Drinkable water is slowly disappearing.Apr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023
SilasWeek 12: Nuclear TechnologyNotes: Dual use is when an object can have a positive but also can be used in a negative aspect. Oppenheimer was the leader on the…Apr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023
SilasWeek 11: Digital TechnologyNotes: Facebook used user data to manipulate the users. White males was the most easily recognized face in face recognition apps.Mar 29, 2023Mar 29, 2023
SilasWeek 9: Confucian EthicsNotes: Deontology is the alignment of action and universalizable ethics principles such as treating other people as ends rather than means…Mar 10, 2023Mar 10, 2023
SilasWeek 8: Environmental HistoryNotes: The land of Cockaigne is a world where food is everywhere and everyone lives in peace. However this is an example of mundus inversus…Mar 10, 2023Mar 10, 2023
SilasWeek 10: Paradox of Development TODONotes: Kurzweil expects us to reach technological utopia by the year 2045.Mar 10, 2023Mar 10, 2023
SilasWeek 6: Moral Sentinel:Notes: Intuition is natural feeling of whats right. Reasoning comes more from whats around you and laws etc. Political polarization has…Feb 25, 2023Feb 25, 2023
SilasWeek 5: Environmental EthicsNotes: Adaptive problems are generally harder than technical problems. Solving a lot of environmental problems usually require an…Feb 25, 2023Feb 25, 2023
SilasWeek 7: What is Justice?Notes: Fairness as identical treatment, fairness as providing equal opportunity to everyone. We can’t fix past unfairness by just being…Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
