Understanding Autonomous Vehicles
There’s a lot of buzz these days about Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), also known as “driverless” or “self-driving” cars. Here’s a quick introduction on what they are, and why everyone is so excited about them.
Using Autonomous Vehicles to Meet Government and Community Goals
For government officials and municipal leaders, the challenges of accommodating the interests of both residents and businesses often involve factors of transportation.
The Power of Misdirection
Driving back from work one night last summer, I had a very strange technological experience…
The Politics of STS (don’t exist)
Issues of science and technology are intertwined with politics, economics, and social issues. It’s not just about what we do with the power of science and technology, it’s about who holds that power and to what ends is it used. But STS itself is not political…
Two Ways of Thinking About Technological Problems
One of the central issues that interests me in STS is the debate over blaming technology. When we look around us in our modern world and see aspects that have changed for the worse due to some manifestation of “progress”, we necessarily start trying to figure out where the fault lies. This is what brought me to STS. But I concede that the answer isn’t simple. If our technology is making our lives worse, who or what is to blame? Where is the root of the problem?