NHV Lecture Participation - James Shima by James Shima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44 Dr. Mancus, Sec. A01 en-us 2020-09-01 01:43:56 UTC 2025-04-20 15:52:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Part 1 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710564148 1)  I don't agree with the moral sphere chart's organization , and here's why.  The sphere is going to be different for every individual as some people consider the environment more important than say strangers and other groups.  Every Individual's morals are different so it is hard to make a general structure that represents everyone accurately.  Personally I would not change the order but that doesn't mean others wouldn't.]]> 2020-09-01 01:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710564148 Part 2 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710571489 2) I think it would be ethical to switch the path of the trolley, but it wouldn't be ethical to throw the larger man off the bridge to stop it.  This is because I lean more towards Kant's ideas and deontology.  I think the action itself and the outcome matter and because switch the lever is more ethical than pushing someone of the bridge, flipping the switch should be the solution.  Because I personally agree with the structure of the moral sphere if it was someone I knew I would probably save them over the other people.]]> 2020-09-01 01:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710571489 Part 3 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710589059 3) This activity made me kinda uncomfortable having to make the better of two terrible outcomes.  I always just tried to save the most human lives and younger lives.]]> 2020-09-01 02:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710589059 Part 3 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710604500 - My results from activity:]]> 2020-09-01 02:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/710604500 Would you change the report? Why or why not? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725383318 I would change the files and take the chance.  I would benefit hugely and the odds are so low probability (1 in a million) of someone being injured.  People will get injured from any public building anyway, such as falling down a case of stairs, but we still design them knowing of their potential danger.  Also, I could instead engineer a way to make sure the tank was covered safely when the mall is being built.  In addition, if something bad happened, I wouldn't be held responsible for the actions the firm takes.  ]]> 2020-09-07 20:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725383318 To what extent are engineers and scientists responsible for the long-term consequences of the technology that they create? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725384446 I think engineers who are not involved at all in the dual use of their creation, or aware of the potential future consequence it could hold are not responsible for their technology's consequences or use.  However, if they are involved in or are aware of its future consequences should be held accountable to the extent of their involvement of in dual use/corruption.  ]]> 2020-09-07 20:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725384446 Did these documents adequately convey the risks involved in the Challenger launch? Why or why not? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725385368 Personally, Doc 1 did convey to me of the risks involved while Doc 2 came off as pretty vague on the issue with not too much concern(more concerned about the time/money).  I thought this because the first talk stated the risk of losing human life and the issue needed to be addressed imminently.  While the second talk talks about solutions but how they are intangible in a reasonable time and not to be too concerned.]]> 2020-09-07 20:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725385368 What level of risk is acceptable as a means of ensuring the continued progress of science and technology? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725387449 It should be treated as a cost-benefit analysis.  Will the further design and continuation of technology benefit more lives then it will negate? Will it save more lives than it takes? I believe if the benefits outweigh the costs/consequences then it is a means to continue development. Otherwise, it's a means to stop the production of the technology if it negatively affects more lives than it benefits. To someone who only sees the negatives of tech should also try to see the good technology has done and brought humanity to where it is today.]]> 2020-09-07 20:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/725387449 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/729087703 - This week's Lecture was about the idea of how responsible are engineers and designers for the inventions that they create. This idea was looked at through the Challenger disaster resulting in 7 astronauts dying, and at the company who dual used a lice killer (Zyklon B) to kill millions in the holocaust. Each of these example make us think of Engineer's moral responsibility in their design and how their main goal should be to meet Cicero's Creed. ]]> 2020-09-08 20:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/729087703 Week 3 - Science and Engineering Ethics jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/729117121 2020-09-08 20:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/729117121 Week 2 - Moral Spheres jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/729118524 2020-09-08 20:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/729118524 Thoughts on 1st Writing sample (9/9/20) jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/731471023 For our first writing sample (This I Believe), I was happy with the grade I received.  What I did this time and what I should do next time is put a lot of thought into my writing, went over it at least 2-3 times, compare it to the rubric, and have my Mom or someone else proofread for feedback. What I missed out on is being more personal or specifically, reading and using the directions better towards my assignments.]]> 2020-09-09 15:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/731471023 Write whatever you want Lec - 9/11/20 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/739091497 Today was a very dark day in U.S history 19 years ago.  It's important we never forget that day as it brought all Americans together and overall improved our society. Now taking this class, I wonder what the ethics the hijackers had that brought them and allowed themselves into this scenario.]]> 2020-09-11 15:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/739091497 Week 4 -Introduction to Moral Philosophy jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745624651 2020-09-14 19:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745624651 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745627210 1. Moral Relativism
- No viewpoint is uniquely privileged over all others (we all have different values and thus different morals).
2. Utilitarianism
- Something is moral based on the outcome of a situation not necessarily the action.
3. Deontology
- Morality is based on the action not necessarily the outcome of a situation.
4. Virtue Ethics
- Morality is based individually on character and virtues in order to make right decisions in society.
5. Liberalism
- A belief in liberty and freedom form governing bodies and society.
]]> 2020-09-14 19:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745627210 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745665426 1. What are some examples that Sandel provides of things that money CAN buy?
- Coca-cola bought the rights to the London Eye
- War/government contracting
- Apologies / Jail-cell upgrade

2. What are some examples of things that money CAN’T buy?
- True friendship or love.
- Time or life.
- Get out of jail free card(upgrade prison cell).

3. What is the difference between “market economies” and “market societies”?
- A market economy is a tool for producing productive activity in a society(capitalism)
- While a market society is where pretty much everything is up for sale and marketable.]]> 2020-09-14 19:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745665426 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745700421 1. Students and Sandel identify (at least) four objections to such a practice. List those objections.
- Selling human body parts (livers) or our bodies(prostitution) is an immoral action
- A wealth inequality could be made as the demand for kidneys is high with low supply. Meaning only those rich enough could buy a kidney and live while others would not be able to afford to be saved. 
- If it is generalized, doctors or brokers might try to cut corners in the surgeries and application of livers being in a free market
-  even in an economically equal society, there will still be exploited, especially for something like selling human organs.

2. Connect these objections to the concepts from Chapter Two. Which concept/s seem to be most in play here?
- These objections mostly come from either a deontologist ideology or a consequentialist ideology. A deontologist would argue the action of selling human parts or our bodies for sex is immoral and can be exploitive.  While a consequentialist may see livers in a free market as a good thing as more lives can be saved with a higher supply.
]]> 2020-09-14 20:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745700421 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745855997 Reflect: Which definitions of justice resonate with your personal ethics? Why?
- I believe justice, or fairness in society should be merit-based.  Those who deserve what they work hard for things should be rewarded for their work.  Thus, this gives an intensive to society as a whole to work hard not only to benefit themselves but in the actually bettering the system itself. 
-  I also strongly believe in negative rights and would consider myself as a political libertarian as a just society is a free one.
- For punishment, I agree the most with restorative justice as it betters the offender and the community they may have hurt.
- I believe in these ideas as they are what I believe to be the fairest in our society and what I grew up to know.  ]]> 2020-09-14 21:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745855997 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745887560 - It this weeks lecture talked about the ethics behind market economies moving towards market societies. In addition, was the concept of justice and all the different types there are. And based on what you personally believe is just or fair, really determines how you see the world, vote, and where your values in life are. ]]> 2020-09-14 21:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/745887560 Week 5- Environmental Ethics jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770292150 2020-09-22 23:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770292150 In the “last man” scenario, would you nuke it or no? Why? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770293450 I would nuke it if I wanted to end it all. I am the only one remaining so what harm does it do to nuke everything if everyone is already dead? Ending other forms of life is not as substantial as human life as we already kill and use the earths resources everyday. If it is immoral to nuke everything in this scenario, then it is immoral to do any harm to the environment for any human gain or survival.]]> 2020-09-22 23:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770293450 What skills-more generally-do you think are necessary to be a good engineer/scientist? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770302411 - Work well with a team.
-Communicate ideas clearly to all different types of people.
- strong work ethic.
- adaptability
- openminded to new and opposing ideas (especially in engineering ethics).]]> 2020-09-22 23:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770302411 Where do you fit on this scale? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770322546 On the scale, I would probably consider myself to be on the stronger side of Anthropocentric.]]> 2020-09-22 23:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770322546 Where do you think “humans fit”? Why? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770332254 I believe humans where created in the image of God, and the environment is what he gave to us for our use.. Thus, humans are on top of the environmental system than other species as they were create for us to use. I believe this because of my personal faith and connection to God.]]> 2020-09-22 23:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770332254 Do you plan on having children? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770346847 Yes, I do plan on having children. The obligations I have to my future children is to give them an environment and world they can use the resources of. Meaning my generation needs to save the earth's natural resources to the next generation. Then it is up to that next generation to help determine the future of the next and so on.]]> 2020-09-22 23:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770346847 What are the most dangerous technologies? Why? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770363970 The most dangerous technologies are those that are blindly made without assessing the risks and ethics behind them. For example the Nazi Engineers making killing machines, or the Challenger's management ignoring the risks of the o-ring.]]> 2020-09-23 00:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770363970 What sorts of issues can a cost-benefit analysis be used to address? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770388707 A lot of different things that are not too large scale can be addressed using cost-benefit analysis.  I would say the overall improvement and advancements of human life through technology can be viewed under this lens.  As the further creation of technology more benefits our lives and of future generations than the lives it hurts or takes from.]]> 2020-09-23 00:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770388707 Revisit your answers about obligations to future generations. In light of population trends, does your thinking about having children change? Why? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770404186 No it does not change at all and nothing will change that.  The only thing that will is something like a zombie or nuclear apocalyptic world where I wouldn't want my children to suffer through.]]> 2020-09-23 00:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770404186 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770411463 This week's lecture focused on the many different aspects of environmental ethics.  Specifically, how we value nature, understanding each others values, the different ways to address environmental issues based on our values, and obligations we have to future generations. ]]> 2020-09-23 00:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/770411463 Lecture - 9/23/20 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/772452383 Article was not that convincing as there where no cited sources, not very many statistics and more just denial of the original article. ]]> 2020-09-23 15:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/772452383 Week 6 - Moral Sentinels jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785645736 2020-09-28 19:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785645736 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785648303 - This week's lecture by Dr. Hudson covered ideas of coronavirus, technology, and history related to moral sentinels.  Moral sentinels are moral people close to the subject they are learning, such as Scientists informing about viruses.  He also touches or the 5 moral ingredients of Liberty, care, fairness, authority, loyalty, purity that lead our elephant towards our political sphere.]]> 2020-09-28 19:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785648303 Reflect: What happened in regard to political polarization between the years 1994 and 2017? Do you think this trend has continued? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785657682 The median of political ideologies has spread out to either far left or right year by year. Yes this trend has defiantly continued as you see the median grow smaller and smaller.]]> 2020-09-28 19:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785657682 Reflection: In the above scenario, was anything done that was immoral? Is your decision based on intuition, or reason? Which did you respond with first? Was your reasoning used to justify your intuition, or do you think it was the result of impartial thought? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785792888 - From a deontological perspective, the action of using your neighbor's deseeded dog to fulfill your own personal curiosity is a disrespectful and immoral action.  My decision is. ]]> 2020-09-28 19:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/785792888 On the scale jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/791607860 Design -----------------------------||-----Implementation
                                                    
]]> 2020-09-30 14:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/791607860 Summary Paper Thoughts 10/5 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/803389672 I do not see a summary of Rachels's argument.

You have details from the essay, but because we don't know exactly what the author's main argument is when we are reading about the cases, we can't understand how the examples function as supporting evidence.

Next paper, I really need to give better context in the intro about what the main argument is and follow all the instructions]]> 2020-10-05 15:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/803389672 Week 7 - Justice jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804207513 2020-10-05 18:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804207513 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804209582 This weeks lecture touched on the idea of justice and fairness being applied to society through a Rawls and Nozick view in order to determine a fair society.]]> 2020-10-05 18:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804209582 Part 1 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804404415 1.) Define justice.
- Just behavior or treatment
- Appling fairness to various societal and non-societal factors.

2.) In your opinion, to what extent is our society just or unjust
-  Our society is not perfect, and never will be. Thus there are always some injustices.  However, that doesn't mean we do not have a lot of justice or improved justness compared to pervious societies and other existing societies.

3.) In your opinion, what do justice and injustice look like?
-  I believe in Nozick's ideas of limited government and justice is an equal playing field, rewarding those base on the value they bring.  Injustice is taking away from someone's value and rewarding it to someone undeserving.  

]]> 2020-10-05 18:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804404415 Part 2 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804435976 1) There definitely was some bias to the moral machine simulation.  All is defined who you value more based on sex, age, status, etc.

2) The designs do not count for minorities but instead the majority. If more time was also spent on minority populations for designs as the majority these problems would likely not exist.]]> 2020-10-05 18:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804435976 Part 3 jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804475186 What obligation do you have to your fellow Orediggers to stop racist and biased behavior on campus? Is this a personal issue, an institutional issue, or both? How do these stories demonstrate or reflect the types of biases and racisms described above?
- I'll always look at race through a color-blind lens as MLK Jr. preaches. People should not be judged based on the color of their skin, but rather the content of their character. I don't care how much melanin someone has in their skin. Instead, I will perceive them for who they are as a person.
- Race politics is only further dividing people to identify only with people of the same color skin as them rather than diversifying. Thus in this case is an institutional problem while racism itself or hating someone for the color of their skin is individual. The statements definitely show disturbing individual racist encounters that should be stoped and condoned. However this can be hard to do as you cannot change individual biases easily and race nowadays is highly politicized.  ]]> 2020-10-05 19:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/804475186 Week 8 Environmental History jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826767277 2020-10-13 22:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826767277 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826767959 This week's lecture dove into the basics of what environmental justice is and touched on the history of environmental justice in the US and what we can do about it.]]> 2020-10-13 22:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826767959 Reflect: Is human control over the environment likely to be a lasting feature of our existence, or a brief exception? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826768096 It very hard to say as no one can predict the future.  I would hope this is a lasting feature of our existence but that doesn't mean it couldn't all end in a heartbeat.  For instance, what if a total nuclear war broke out and undid all of the human advancement.  And eventually, we will also run out of resources, food, etc, no matter the advancements we make.]]> 2020-10-13 22:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826768096 Reflect: Do you favor a conservationist or preservationist approach to human interactions with the environment? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826822123 I definitely more favor conservationism as I think humans are meant to use the earth's resources as they are given to us by God.  Although there are unintentional consequences to this, there are consequences to almost any moral action taken, just as there is to preservation. ]]> 2020-10-13 22:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826822123 Reflect: What are the best means of ensuring environmental justice for all human communities? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826940244 - Having community guidelines for what environmental practices are allowed and what are not.
- Enforcers of the guidelines made so they are not easily disregarded or broken.
- Having empathy not only towards others, but also to the environment we live in, as we only have one planet earth to live on (for now).

]]> 2020-10-13 23:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/826940244 Week 9 - Confucian Ethics jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846518922 2020-10-20 19:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846518922 Reflect: What do deontology and consequentialism have in common in terms of how you treat yourself, those you love, and strangers? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846521179 I think what these two western moral ideals have in common is mainly the end goal. Which consists of treating yourself, loved ones, and everyone in society equally.]]> 2020-10-20 20:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846521179 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846525988 This week's lecture pulled us away from western ethics and introduced us to Confucian ethics, adopted from China and mainstream in Asian society. This branch of ethics more supports relationships rather than treating everyone equally.]]> 2020-10-20 20:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846525988 Reflect on the sheep story: When you found out that your father took the sheep on the sly, what would you do? Report him to the authorities, or cover for him? Why? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846527237 In this scenario, I would most likely go with option 2, to cover or help protect my father, not report him. I think the main reason I would do this is because of my Moral Sphere, and I have the well being of my family way more important to me than rules and institution of government. ]]> 2020-10-20 20:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846527237 Reflect: How is Confucian ethics different from consequentialism and deontology? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846535220 Confucian ethics is quite different from its western counterparts.  One difference being moral decisions are made based on relationships we have with each other, the context of a situation, and the roles we have in those relationships. For example in the sheep example, because we take on the role of a son/daughter, we have to consider the role we play when it comes to our father. Also context matters, (e.g. whether he stole the sheep for enjoyment vs needing to feed the family as he lost his job). Putting these all together will lead to the right moral decision being made according to these ethics. Where there is also a difference between western and Confucian ethics is the end goals. Western ethics propose we should try to provide ethics to everyone while Confucian focuses more on the Individual and how their paper ethically fulfillment of their roles will carry on to everyone they interact with. ]]> 2020-10-20 20:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/846535220 Week 10 - Paradox of Development jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867718118 2020-10-27 21:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867718118 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867719051 This weeks lecture was about the Paradox of the future development of tech in the GNR field. In which it is likely that the creation of these future technologies although will benifit us could also destroy us.]]> 2020-10-27 21:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867719051 Reflect: Take a moment to make a list of the benefits that you expect to see from the exponential growth in the fields of GNR: jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867719890 - Self-Driving cars (flying)
- Nanotech that cures cancer
- Superintelligence in computers
- Cloning
- Nono Weaponry
- Robot workers
- Biotech: creating diseases to create cures for them.



]]> 2020-10-27 22:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867719890 Reflect: Take a moment to make a list of the problems that might be caused by exponential growth in the fields of GNR: jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867727318 - Something like the matrix or terminator (AI takes over)
- Superintelligence causes Nuclear war/wipes out humanity.
- Nanotech/biotech used to kill many innocent lives.
- Clones take over.
- Man-made plagues
- Self-driving cars intentionally start crashing.]]> 2020-10-27 22:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867727318 Thoughts On Future jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867736112 I'm hopful our society won't just crash like the romans as its speculated for us to happen in 2045. However I'm well aware with the continued development of future technology could be developing the reason for society's collapse. ]]> 2020-10-27 22:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/867736112 Week 11 - Digital Technology jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885047202 2020-11-03 05:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885047202 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885048166 This week's lecture touched on the ethics behind the revolutionizing of technology. Specifically, social media, big tech, and racism integrated into growing technology systems.]]> 2020-11-03 05:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885048166 How does this argument about the impact of social media relate to your life and your habits? How does this trailer emphasize the connection and fragmentation mentioned in the intro video? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885085713 The impact of social media meant and designed to connect us closer with each other now is having unintended consequences. There is more polarization, depression, loneliness, etc. because of social media even though its main purpose was to closer connect us all. I've definitely fallen victim to the loneliness part of social media and as the into video explains, something that connects everyone actually splits us father apart.]]> 2020-11-03 05:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885085713 Reflection questions: What are the benefits and drawbacks of a system that detects and classifies faces? What ethical problems do you see with the failure to identify certain faces? Why can’t an algorithm/a machine be neutral? What are your thoughts about the costs of giving up your image or your data? What opportunities exist for creating a more just society using Buolamwini’s research? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885095495 - Can be very efficient and useful for users to quickly validate authentication to a certain application/security system.
- The lack of the ability to identify minority groups and women face types.
- The testing and training is most likely unequal, as lighter skin types are going to be tested by default. This is probably due to more lighter-skinned people making up more of the population than minority races groups with darker skin.  Thus, it may be in the best interest of these designers to test lighter faces and skin tones than darker which can be unethical.  Also, it is very hard to train a neuro network to identify just faces to a certain sex/gender.
- That data can be used against you in some way or sold to other people to group you into advertising groups. 
- A more just way to get past this ethical problem would be to equally test all racial types and skin colors when training the neuro network.]]> 2020-11-03 05:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885095495 Reflection questions: What is missing from this list? Is there an item on the list that doesn’t belong there? With which items do you strongly agree? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885131805 - Big Tech bias and suppression against certain political agenda or ideas they do not agree with.
- That most people in tech are trying to do, "good" is very hard to believe.  It seems these tech empires and billionaires are more interested in themselves and making more money than doing good for everyone.
- I strongly agree with how these tech companies make money, but I would also add sell your data o the list.]]> 2020-11-03 06:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885131805 How do you react to the examples of bias through research over the course of science history? How does tech/science play a role in creating injustice? What can tech/science do to enable a more just society? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885142117 - I react unsurprised as bias has existed since the beginning of humans (it's human nature). 
- Supporting white people/testing white people more than people with darker skin.
- equally test all races in technology not one race more than the other, otherwise more value is being put on people with a lighter skin color.]]> 2020-11-03 06:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/885142117 Week 12 - Nuclear Technology jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905813095 2020-11-09 19:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905813095 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905814380 This week's lecture touched on the ethics of Nuclear Technology and how it has affected the scientists who design them and how it has changed the world as a whole.]]> 2020-11-09 19:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905814380 Reflect: What are some other examples of the concept of dual use? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905814782 - Vaccines
- Human made viruses
- Chemotherapy
- Firearms
- Knives
- Cars
- Zyklon B

]]> 2020-11-09 19:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905814782 Reflect: What would have been the impact of halting the spread of nuclear weapons immediately after the Trinity test? Or even after Nagasaki? How do the scientists’ reactions to the dropping of the bombs belie their personal ethics and connect to dual-use? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905906600 If the spread of nuclear technology after the trinity test was stopped, the arms races that took place after such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War may have never happened or been pushed back centuries later. The scientists' reactions show them almost in denial or trying to tell themselves that there was nothing they could do to stop this and trying not to guilt themselves over their contribution to nuclear weaponry. Thus, when they continued to develop after d-day and when Germany dropped out of the war, they went past the bomb's intended purpose and were designing instead for technological advancement (ignoring the ethics).]]> 2020-11-09 19:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905906600 Reflection: What concerns you the most about nuclear technology in the world today? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905949900 What concerns me the most about nuclear technology over the world today is it's potential to end all humanity in a nuclear war.  I also worry with the new president being a war hawk and interventionist may undo the peace made with North Korea and the peace in the Middle East where nuclear tensions could rise.  In addition, tensions with Russia may rise again, but hopefully not to the same level or worse than it was during the Cold War.  I hope none of this will happen and that no new wars will be started as that is my biggest concern with nuclear technology that exists all over the world. capable of ending all humanity in an instant.]]> 2020-11-09 20:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/905949900 Week 13 - Water in the West jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951367862 2020-11-23 07:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951367862 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951369901 This week's lecture focused on the ethics behind water in the western United States. Specifically, the Colorado River and the different ethical and environmental issues that have arisen from the control and engineering of the river]]> 2020-11-23 07:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951369901 Why do you think this Colorado River video was done in the first person, with the river speaking for itself? Did the first person perspective surprise you (or not), and why? Did you know that treating rivers like people under the law is a legal strategy being used around the world to protect rivers? What are some of the ethical implications of ascribing “personhood” to rivers? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951371874 - I think this was done to draw the watcher in use personification to build more on an emotional relationship.
- The first person was cool and I did not expect it as usually rivers don't speak.
- I did not know that, that is very interesting.
- It brings it closer to people's moral sphere as usually a river would be on the otter circle of a moral sphere.]]> 2020-11-23 07:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951371874 What aspects of your everyday landscape do you take for granted as “natural”? This may be on campus, at home, or somewhere else. Going further, do you know where your drinking water comes from? If you do know where your water comes from, how did you learn this information? If you don’t know where your water comes from, why don’t you? And would you call that an engineering success, an engineering failure, or something else entirely? What are some of the ramifications of not knowing where your drinking water comes from? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951396071 - Rivers/drinking water
- Green grass
- Animal products

- I've lived in Colorado my whole life and most of the time I've heard and been told by my parents and peers that most of my drinking water comes from the mountains (e.g. snow melt and springs). One way I also know this is from the marketing on my favorite bottle water brand Arrowhead which praises itself being fresh Mountain Springwater. I would call this as an engineering success for the most part more than I saw it before, especially with how blind we are to how great it is for us to have water in one of the driest states in the US. Not knowing where your drinking water comes from is not good as you don't know what you are contributing to or what and where what you put in your body is coming from. Most people might forget but should keep in mind what they are putting in their body and how it is effecting not only them, but also their surroundings.]]> 2020-11-23 08:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951396071 Reflect: Imagine a geographic scenario where the Colorado River ended in Southern California rather than across the United States border in entirely different country (Mexico). If the community of San Luis Rio Colorado were instead Los Angeles or San Diego, would the condition of the river’s delta be different? Why or why not? Work the concept of “environmental justice” into your answer. jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951433636 - Yes as the river delta would no longer require to pulse between Mexico and the US. Also, if the community was located at the end of the river no pulsing would be needed either for the community to flourish and enjoy the flow from the river.. Thus, it is necessary to include all communities even of different countries in this case if they have equal access to the nature given o them. Now that engineering allows us to control the flow of nature and river flow, we need to make sure everyone still has equal access to water as before interference was made to the flow of the river. ]]> 2020-11-23 08:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951433636 Week 14 - Environmental Justice jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951490927 2020-11-23 08:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951490927 Summary jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951493230 This week's lecture was based on the concept of environmental justice and how it impacts our local communities in Denver and the world around us.]]> 2020-11-23 08:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951493230 Reflect: What is redlining? How has it impacted environmental justice issues? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951496826 Redlining definition from dictionary.com reads as:
- a discriminatory practice by which banks, insurance companies, etc., refuse or limit loans, mortgages, insurance, etc., within specific geographic areas, especially inner-city neighborhoods.
- This issue relates to environmental justice as because redlining has been shown to affect African-American families not given equal opportunities, the redlined communities are seen to be next to often energy plants and away from the beauty of nature where richer homes are located. Thus, victims of redlining are likely to not experience the same joys of nature and the environment to those who are not.]]> 2020-11-23 08:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951496826 Reflect: What did you know about Globeville prior to reading these articles? Have you ever been to or driven through Globeville before, and are your impressions of it changed by the information you have just learned? Did these articles remind you of similar issues from any other area of places you have visited or lived? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951565257 - I Have never driven through Globeville before and I actually have never heard of it before. This was y first impression of Globeville and I definitely see the environmental injustice that has happened there throughout its history of the smelting industry.
- Some of these issues reminded me of our very first readings in class and discussions we had about California and the environmental injustice there]]> 2020-11-23 09:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951565257 Reflect: Do engineers and scientists have a role to play in lessening fixing the issues of environmental justice and environmental racism? If yes, what are some specific ways Mines graduates might play a role in solutions to these problems in the future? jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951576214 I think those in environmental-based studies and majors definitely have a huge role in addressing these issues as it is a part of the problem solving needed for their pathway and topic for discussion in the field. A way graduates could play a role is by creating solutions to solve these problems and doing research to bring awareness to make changes where they need to be made in order to prevent future environmental problems and current ones.]]> 2020-11-23 09:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/951576214 Research Paper Reflection jamesshima https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/980422739 - I definitely did as well/better than I thought I would on this paper. I het all the points I needed in the rubric to get a good grade. However where I struggled was I had a few proofreading errors hat lost me points. I did look over this paper a lot and had another person look over it, but I definitely could have had it looked at by the writing center. ]]> 2020-12-02 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesshima/ls06totzv1flfb44/wish/980422739