Chapter 7 Links
7.1.1 Evaluating Information on the Web
Some web sites that (appear to) stick to the facts:
FactCheck.org
PolitiFact.com
Snopes.com
WikiLeaks
7.1.3 Computer Models
Oil Model
Financial Models
Weather
Models and some
pictures
Car Crash Simulation (scanned
from the second edition of The Gift of Fire)
Global Warming
Global
Climate
Models
National
Academy of Science on global warming
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
Scientists
Opposing Global Warming
7.3 Digital Divide
Characterics of Internet Use
Digital Crutch
Does calculator use reduce math skills?
Does
technology help in the classroom?
Does
Wikipedia diminish research skills?
Internet
Addiction Disorder
7.4 Neo-Luddites
Lessons
from the Luddites (summary)
7.5 Predictions
The Possibility of a Technological Singularity
Moore's Law
Current
capabilities?
Robot
Armies?
Why the future doesn't need us
Synthetic Biology
Synthesis of Polio
Virus
Custom Made
Microbes
Online
Shopping
