Knowledge In My Pocket

Written by: Stephanie

With a smartphone in your pocket, it feels like you have the answers to the universe at your fingertips. But it technology making us smarter? Students can look up the answer to - almost- any question they may have. Certainly they can find as much info as they want about any part of the curriculum. 

The Tech Industry is Opening Doors… Depending on Who You Are

Written by: Catherine

I’d like to start my first contributing post with a quote from The Farthest Shore by the amazing Ursula K. Le Guin:

“...when we crave power over life – endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality – then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.”

When I came across this passage a few nights ago, I thought immediately of this blog. Fortunate timing, because it effectively captures the attitude I am bringing to the topic of technology, knowledge, and power relationships. My current belief is that while contemporary technology is providing truly amazing tools for underrepresented and underprivileged individuals and communities to access and share information and to organize, it is also providing those with the privilege to invest in, develop, market, or sell technology new ways to exploit and profit from the rest of us.

Art by Winston Rowntree