<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear SIGCIS members,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Would you like to join this session proposal? In the spirit of Kranzberg’s First Law, “Technology is
neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral,” this session examines discussions and
attempted governance of emerging technologies that promised great benefits –
and potentially equally great dangers. While
the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">current
attention to AI</a> is the most prominent current example, <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/nfl-fears-nefarious-drones-seeks-law-to-thwart-stadium-risks" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">drones
over public spaces</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7004414/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">biohacking</a>,
and <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/ib-knowledge/finance/why-big-data-can-be-dangerous" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Big
Data</a> are other areas where future policy might benefit from better
understanding and analysis of earlier iterations of those and other technologies.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This session is looking for papers examining how proponents,
critics, think tanks, non-profits, technical societies, governments and
citizens responded to concerns about the negative potential of new
technologies. Did these concerns shape
the evolution of the technology and its control and regulation? Were the concerns justified? What types of arguments and evidence did
participants use? Any guidance for
current discussions?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you are interested, please let me know ASAP – the session
proposal deadline is April 1. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Initially, just a title and a few sentences will do.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">By March 31, a 150-250 word abstract and any suggested
improvements to the session overview and title. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Stay sane</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">,</span><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jonathan</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jonathan Coopersmith</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Professor (retired)</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Department of History</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Texas A&M University</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">College Station, TX 77843-4236</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">979.739.4708 (cell)</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><a href="https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/a-chief-skunk-looks-back/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank">"A Chief Skunk Looks Back,"</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> (interview with Sherm Mullin) </span><i style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Aerospace America</i><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>March</span> 202<span>3</span> </span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://theconversation.com/its-taking-more-time-to-cast-a-ballot-in-us-elections-and-even-longer-for-black-and-hispanic-voters-191711" target="_blank">It's taking longer to vote - especially if you are Black or Hispanic</a>, <a href="http://theconversation.com/" target="_blank">theconversation.com</a> </font></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Preserving space archives: <a href="https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/" target="_blank">https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/</a></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i>FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine</i> (Johns Hopkins University Press) </font><br></div><div><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>