Remember to be looking for any news articles, opinion pieces, videos or other commentary that relates to our ‘future world’. This can be anything to do with how our world is changed, the new possibilities which are opening up, the risks and dangers that they bring with them, and where our society could end up.
If you come across anything useful, please email them to me and I’ll add them to the blog.
Here are a few websites to help get you started. This first lot is to do with designer babies and genetic engineering:
- http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/ethics-worry-over-genetic-engineering-of-8216designer8217-babies/story-fni0fiyv-1226732516834
- http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/designer-children.htm
- http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_root_wolpe_it_s_time_to_question_bio_engineering.html
Here are a few more articles on the ‘Culture of Surveillance’ that has emerged in the West:
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-445897/George-Orwell-Big-Brother-watching-house.html
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/big-brother-s-power-is-building-warns-george-orwell-biographer-1.1369989
- http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/jun/11/george-orwell-prism-big-brother-1984