SilasWeek 14: Environmental JusticeNotes: According to Mustafa Santiago Ali air pollution is an epidemic that is going through minority communities. Redlined districts…2 min read·Apr 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.2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Apr 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.2 min read·Mar 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…1 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Mar 10, 2023----
SilasWeek 10: Paradox of Development TODONotes: Kurzweil expects us to reach technological utopia by the year 2045.2 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Feb 25, 2023----
SilasWeek 5: Environmental EthicsNotes: Adaptive problems are generally harder than technical problems. Solving a lot of environmental problems usually require an…5 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Feb 24, 2023----