February 7, 2005 – MichaelZimmer.org

CEPE 2005: Ethics of New Information Technology

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 7, 2005in Events, Information Ethics, Values In Design

I've been accepted to present at CEPE 2005: Sixth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry hosted by the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. The conference theme is "Ethics of New Information Technology": Information technology is currently moving well…

Is Google Making People Smarter?

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 7, 2005in Search Engines

(via TechDirt)Ed Gottsman wonders if Google is becoming a mental prosthetic and making people (especially kids) smarter:To the extent that intelligence consists of having a large memory, Google (and the other search engines) is certainly making people smarter. It's more…