Sci&Tech History

What make a man, man? What is the difference between man and woman? In gender discourse, those questions are the main issues: why bother about gender if there are no difference between them. Further, how can we construct an understanding about society, both human and machine, based on those differences. Can we assess a certain [...]

Technology give thieves a new way to steal, through identity. It work like several computer virus which pretend to be the real file or program and then enter your computer. Identity thieves work in a similar way, they stalk on your identity in the internet, gain information about you, and then draw money from your [...]

What is the characteristic of control? What do we expect by controlling? I think the main issue of controlling is to predict and further, to make plan. But sometimes, control has something to do with power. In order to control, a strict regulation was designed and as a consequence there are several people with an [...]

Aaaargh! I think I am an internet-addict. The first thing I do after I awake every morning is checking email through my hand phone. Worst, I already set my hand phone so it receive my email periodically, every 4 hours, but I keep on checking it every hour manually. I think, things are turning a [...]

How can you be sure if something hasn’t happened yet? In Minority Report, action was decided based on prediction of three oracle. A more moderate prediction occur in Twilight saga. Alice, the oracle, has the ability to predict based on what people think. Since it is still on the mind, the prediction can change. In [...]

When I following energy and climate change issues, I realize that this discourse reach beyond how to save the world, yet involve ethics and the whole universe creation. For me, it is quite similar with pantheism who see the universe or nature and God are equivalent. This tendency can be observed through argumentation and impact [...]

Sometimes, it is easier to write down my thought in the internet. Although I put it in a public domain, I don’t have to face people reaction directly. I think it has something to do with emotion-less and neutrality of machine. In another example, people feel more free to use an automatic machine to kill [...]

How can universities or academician play role in nation competitiveness? How about business or government? Can they have a specific role or their role are being re-structured again and again? One way to define their role is through indicators known as cum to decide whether a scientist or academician in the university have play their [...]

Most people will agree that drugs are forbidden in sport event while using high-tech swimsuit or the newest sport shoes technology are allowed. What make those externalities different: is it because one try to manipulate human ability directly in their body while the other don’t? In swimming competition for example, swimsuit technology become one factor [...]

What do we actually refer when we talk about knowledge? Can knowledge be measured or knowledge is something non-calculable and we can only see its existence through performance? Does knowledge has anything to do with school? How things that we study, read, see, and listen influence our action? In an aggregate level, how this tendency [...]