Explore our relationship with AI, robots, computing technology, video games, and much more as you examine the technologies that are rapidly transforming life in the 21st century.
Overview
Syllabus
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- 01: How Experience Alters the Brain
- 02: Are New Media Shortening Attention Spans?
- 03: Does the Internet Make Us Shallow Thinkers?
- 04: Outsourcing Our Memory
- 05: Human versus Digital Content Curators
- 06: Virtual Realities and Our Sense of Self
- 07: Screen Time’s Impact on Kids
- 08: Video Games and Violence
- 09: Is Digital Technology Ruining Sleep?
- 10: How “Dr. Google” Is Changing Medicine
- 11: The Virtual Therapist
- 12: How Big Data Can Predict the Future
- 13: Is Privacy Dead in the Information Age?
- 14: The Emotional Effects of Social Media
- 15: How Online Dating Transforms Relationships
- 16: Technology and Addiction
- 17: Is the Internet Hurting Democracy?
- 18: The Arts in the Digital Era
- 19: How AI Can Enhance Creativity
- 20: Do We Trust Algorithms over Humans?
- 21: Could Blockchain Revolutionize Society?
- 22: Effects of Technological Metaphors on Science
- 23: Robots and the Future of Work
- 24: Redefining What It Means to Be Human
Taught by
Indre Viskontas
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