Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum? - curricula collection

Dear colleagues, my good colleagues at SPT have pointed me to the following resource: Over 200 courses in there, and from across a range of disciplines, certainly including computer science - ca. 25% -

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

And thanks on both fronts! My acknowledging that it was a critical, spot-on point was not gratuitous or merely courteous: behind it is a larger point - one that we don't always point out to our undergraduate students. But Aristotle warned at the outset of his Nichomachean Ethics that no one

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

Charles, I would like to claim partial credit for spurring your excellent response. ;) Paul -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

[liberationtech] Do any of you know of apps for detecting any fake requests for assistance in the aftermath of disasters?

Hey All, Would any of you happen to know of any apps to detect fake requests for assistance in the wake of disasters? It is not uncommon after disasters for imposters to appeal for help, take the money, and run. In fact, swindlers will even create organizations for this purpose. Has any

[liberationtech] Apple Censorship

Hi - we formally launched applecensorship.com last week. You can find our annoucement here: https://mailchi.mp/greatfire/applecensorship The Intercept also covered the project, and highlighted how Radio Free Asia, Tor and Psiphon have all been subjected to Apple censorship in China:

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Dear colleagues, we are happy to inform you that - due to many requests - the paper submission deadline for paper submissions and workshop proposals at C 2019 has been extended to ** February 22, 2019 (23:59 CET) ** We hope you will take this opportunity to submit a paper. Please find below the

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

On 2/3/19 1:26 AM, Paul wrote: > Is there any evidence, or even anecdotes, suggesting that ethics courses > (in any form) work to make people act more ethically?  Main issue that I would see is how you measure ethics. Psychology studies seem to lack reproducibility. >      I can see that

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

Thank you, Charles. This is a great post. Charles, your post reminded me of the fascinating research of Stanford's Dale Miller who has shown that students, on average, become LESS ethical after taking an economics course. I believe Miller was also the one who conducted studies that showed that

Re: [liberationtech] [cpsr-activists] CPSR Curriculum?

Paul's comments are spot on: thanks for raising a central and critical issue. It would be great to have the sort of empirical evidence suggested - and below I will allude to some anecdotal evidence. But part of the response is, it's complicated, beginning with attempting to devise a study