Vocab
This is the “inner voice” telling us what to do or what not to do.
What is conscience?
The purpose of this branch of philosophy is to interpret human conduct, acknowledging and distinguishing between right and wrong.
What is ethics?
The first Chapter of Gleick talked about this communication system that relied on hearing sounds from far away.
What are the African talking drums?
Women were used in this workplace setting because they were seen as more obedient, cheaper labor than men, but more responsible than teenage boys.
What are switchboards?
This is a binding custom or practice of a community; a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority; the whole body of such customs, practices, or rules.
What is law?
The Ten Commandments are an example of this.
What is a moral code?
This "revolution" included increased inventions like the spinning Jenny, steam engines, and the telegram.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Women in WWII were used as spies, encrypting their messages in their knitting, which operated as this kind of computing.
What is steganography?
What is information (A) transmitted through language (B)?
This is a set of principles that guide the behavior of individuals when using computer resources (examples include intellectual property rights, privacy concerns, as well as the impacts of computer technology on wider society).
What are computer ethics?
What is Morse Code?
What is Morse Code?
This action involves calling to public attention, including and especially to that of a higher authority such as a government, what is considered an illegal or mismanaged act.
What is whistleblowing?
These include: A set of highly developed skills and deep knowledge of the domain, autonomy, and observance of a code of conduct.
What are the 3 pillars of professionalism?
Consequentialism, deontology, human nature, relativism, hedonism, and emotivism are examples of these.
What are ethical theories?
Current information theory has described this as “Apathy, indifference, or mental exhaustion arising from exposure to too much information, esp. (in later use) stress induced by the attempt to assimilate excessive amounts of information from the media, the Internet, or at work."
What is information overwhelm, information glut, information anxiety, or information fatigue?
What is Minitel?
A penal code is a system of set rules prescribing punishment for unlawful acts; the punishment system consists of three functions. These are its 3 functions.
What are retributive, corrective, and deterrent?
These seven temptations for unethical reasons should be fully considered before making decisions that could/will impact others.
What are Speed, Privacy & Anonymity, Nature of medium, Aesthetic attraction, Increased availability of potential victims, International scope, and The power to destroy?
While this man (A) is considered the father of the computer, this man (B) is considered the father of computer science and the prediction of artificial intelligence.
What are data leaks and data breaches?