REMINDER:

    Dear Special Interest Group Members:

    A major part of this assignment deal with working as a group. We highly suggest you work closely with your partners to divide the work which needs to be done in an equitable manner. Choose to do a portion of the work which you believe you can do well. For example, a member who enjoys and knows computers well and do the majority of the Power Point Presentation and run the program during the presentation. The person who is dramatic and outgoing and enjoys speaking in front of the class can introduce the group and lead the actual presenting. A person with artistic talent and another who pays especial attention to detail can work together to prepare the actual presentation. As a group, you will need to divide the work; each person needs to know and then fulfill their responsibilities to the others.

    Do not forget the objective of your Special Interest Group. You will need as a group to tailor your individual presentations to make a coherent whole that answers the questions posed:  How will all the dramatic new technologies impact human civilization?  What are the risks and advantages of rampant technology?  How will we live and work differently with them?  Will these technologies be available to all equally?  Or will they create newer and larger divisions between the rich and the poor?  Will life in the future be longer and happier than before because of technology?  Or will it be the opposite?  Will humankind control its creations or be controlled by them?  Is human freedom endangered by ascendant technologies and medical procedures?  Or will they help raise humanity to new heights?  Be able to look at technology in all its complexity and gauge how it affects our world.

    We wish you much luck in your endeavor and look forward to receiving your presentation.

    Very Truly Yours, 

    The Council for the Quality of Life in Ventura