impact of technology Lost in Transition III: A collective challengeThomas Lickona | 09 February 2012 |tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativismWho is to blame for the moral ignorance of young adults, and what is to be done?  Will humanity perish without the internet?Phillip Elias | 20 January 2012 |tags: internet, WikipediaThe 24-hour shut-down of Wikipedia was a bold gesture which proved what, exactly?
 Digital natives and their brave new worldThomas C. Reeves | 10 January 2012 |tags: Digital communicationsIs the smartphone generation getting smarter, or just more superficial? The debate continues.  Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?Joanna Bogle | 01 December 2011 |tags: cyberbullying, internet, media ethicsIn the age of the Internet there is only one way to get rid of tabloid tactics.  Big Porn IncMelinda Tankard Reist | 12 October 2011 |tags: Australia, pornography, womenIt is time to get real about the social poison masquerading as “adult entertainment”.  End child pornography: enforce adult porn lawsPatrick A Trueman | 12 October 2011 |tags: child pornography, law enforcement, USAn exclusive focus on prosecuting child pornography cases ignores a well known fact about adult porn.  Heroes and hackersDavid Alton | 28 September 2011 |tags: heroes, media, truthThe phone-hacking scandal obscures the heroism journalists can display in pursuit of the truth.  Paradoxes of a wired worldFrancisco J. Pérez-Latre | 23 September 2011 |tags: communication, human dignity, technologyWill the internet make our lives easier? No so fast…  Spanish mothers, families and children’s happinessCarolyn Moynihan | 20 September 2011 |tags: child wellbeing, family values, materialismA UNICEF report throws more light than it intends on problems in British family life.  Rise of the Planet of the ApesRonan Wright | 12 September 2011 |tags: biotechnology, film reviews, science fictionSurprisingly, the prequel to the landmark film is intelligent science fiction about the dangers of biotechnology.  The woman behind the iconCarolyn Moynihan | 03 September 2011 |tags: family, Steve Jobs, technologySteve Jobs is a genius, all right, but even geniuses need to be born.  A naturally conservative nationThomas C. Reeves | 26 August 2011 |tags: conservatism, liberalism, secularismIn a recent Gallup poll, only 21 per cent of Americans called themselves liberals.  Madrid, capital of youthCarolyn Moynihan | 19 August 2011 |tags: Spain, World Youth DayDon’t tell the BBC, but there’s over a million young Catholics in Madrid right now having a good time with the Pope.  The name game: is Google+ building a cathedral or a bazaar?David Glance | 02 August 2011 |tags: Facebook, Google, social networksGoogle is trying to muscle in on Facebook's turf with its new social network, Google+. But already there are complaints.  Transhumanism: the dangers of creating Humanity 2.0Margaret Somerville | 15 July 2011 |tags: personhood, singularity, transhumanismCould you become immortal by downloading your brain onto a computer? Some tech enthusiasts are working on it.  108 minutes that changed historySue Alexander-Barnes | 12 April 2011 |tags: Cold War, space flightFifty years ago today Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Will we ever recover the excitement of that moment?  Nigeria’s 419 scammersChinwuba Iyizoba | 24 March 2011 |tags: fraud, internet, NigeriaHow did an African country become the internet fraud capital of the world?  Has the age of computer overlords begun?Robert Moniot | 23 February 2011 |tags: computing, human dignityAn IBM computer has thrashed two human champions in the quiz show Jeopardy! Is it game over for humanity?  The unfriending of Mark ZuckerbergMark Thomas Lickona | 10 November 2010 |tags: Facebook, film reviews, Mark ZuckerbergAnti-hero or mere victim? "The Social Network" leaves us scratching our heads about the founder of Facebook.
 What we need is cheap and abundant informationRobert Moniot | 11 August 2010 |tags: forum, internet, literacy, WikipediaThrough the internet gushes a torrent of information. How can students possibly absorb it?
 Dignity offered up on the altar of technologyBrian Lilley | 13 March 2010 |tags: full body scanners, security, terrorismFull body scanners take away privacy, modesty and dignity. Do we have blind faith in technology?
 Pre-natal diagnostic techniques pave the way to eugenicsManuel and Sophia Corpas | 18 November 2009 |tags: eugenics, genetics, prenatal testsEver-more sophisticated technology allows us to detect ever more genetic anomalies. What will we do with this knowledge?
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