Date | Lecture Topic or Assignment | Links |
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01/21 | Free Speech (∨) | Slides |
01/28 | Free Time and Attention (∨) | Slides |
02/04 | Privacy (∨) | Slides |
02/11 | Jobs and Automation (∨) | Slides |
02/18 | Memes (∨) | Slides |
02/25 | Politics and Media (∨) | Slides |
03/04 | No Class! | No Class! |
03/11 | Software Risks | Slides |
03/16 | Education | Slides |
04/01 | Government Censorship and Surveillance | Slides |
04/08 | Web 3.0 and Cryptocurrency | Slides |
04/15 | The Optimization Mindset, Tech Policy, Big Tech | Slides |
04/22 | Guest Speaker - Timnit Gebru | Slides |
Readings are "required", "recommended", or "extra". Required readings should be done before class for the discussion to make sense. Recommended readings will be used as sources in lecture, but we won't assume you've read them.
More information about the assignments, including the essays, can be found on the assignments page.
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U.S. Tech Companies and Chinese Censorship and Surveillance:
Historical Censorship and Surveillance in the U.S.:
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Guest speaker: Erica Portnoy, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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