{"644186":{"#nid":"644186","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technology versus the Humanities: Critiquing the Critics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFebruary 16, 2021\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n12:30 - 1:45 PM\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ltu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJYlfuiupjstHNC8Tx36hZJhpwmA5uhm2o1y\u0022\u003ERegister Here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this lecture for Lawrence Technological University, Dr. Eric Schatzberg, Professor and Chair in the School of History and Sociology, will defend technology against its critics from the humanities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese critics view technology as uncreative and devoid of moral values, a mere means serving hidden ends, and even a threat to humanity itself. With just a few exceptions, most humanist critics of technology know little about the subject. Yet technology desperately needs informed criticism. The best critiques, both in the present and the past, come from reflective practitioners, technical experts with humanistic sensibilities. Universities can nurture these sensibilities by integrating humanistic perspectives into technical education, especially the education of engineers and computer scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In this lecture for Lawrence Technological University, Dr. Eric Schatzberg will defend technology against its critics from the humanities."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2021-02-12 14:58:31","changed_gmt":"2021-02-15 15:10:26","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"644185":{"id":"644185","type":"image","title":"Technology versus the Humanities","body":null,"created":"1613141835","gmt_created":"2021-02-12 14:57:15","changed":"1613141835","gmt_changed":"2021-02-12 14:57:15","alt":"An illustration of a robot destroying a city advertises a discussion of technology versus the humanities on February 16, 2021.","file":{"fid":"244575","name":"Screen Shot 2021-02-12 at 9.52.23 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-02-12%20at%209.52.23%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-02-12%20at%209.52.23%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1590610,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202021-02-12%20at%209.52.23%20AM.png?itok=OxTWsqnf"}}},"media_ids":["644185"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"166958","name":"speakers and events"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}