We ran a freashman class last quarter called "Human and machine" - you might have a look for a menu of themes - [link]

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MICHAEL SMITH

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As we've been talking about the mega-machine and machines representing work done by people, I've wanted to see how the rise of machines has affected peoples' development. People clearly design and build machines - we have patents, inventors, engineers etc., but it would be interesting to see how the machines people have designed have in turn shaped the constitution of people. This mutual development between machines and people would be a good opportunity to look at how genes in populations (or health, life-expectency) have changed based on technology. While people probably haven't profoundly changed in recent years based on available technology the changes that have occurred could possibly be linked to creating the seeds to develop other technologies. Another question to ask is: as machines take over certain duties for people and consequently remove selection pressures, how has the 'human machine' changed? Seeing this close relationship and how people and machines affect each other would help develop the argument in the class that machines can't be separated from humans and culture. A couple of possibilities: Antibiotics, glasses, shoes, other medical techniques: Ultrasound (affecting birthrates of men/women in certain areas),

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The Physical Integration of People and Machines

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