Memo32+--+Draft+Background+Sections

Thomas Solley STSH 4980-01 Senior Thesis Costelloe-Kuehn 10/18/2014

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__ Memo 32 -- Draft Background Sections. __ Unknown framing/template.

... Discussing background of the "pushback," "slow tech," and "transhumanist" movements? Oi veh. Well, I'll likely do it in that order.

Pushback; Use the Seattle Times article. Use interview with WashU prof. for details regarding observed "origin." (As I can't find it myself, though I suspect it began as far back as the ... Well. I was going to say, "60s, Vietnam War," but then I thought of the 1950s reaction to the Manhattan project.... "Pushback" against technology has been occuring, seemingly, for centures -- perhaps milennia.

"Slow tech"; Can't really say for sure -- I ahven't finished the main Haartez article yet. However, the author seems to focus on a specific user and his company, "Digital Detox" -- so, I may use that as the POR for the "background" story.

"Transhumanism"; ... Shall I start with Nietzsche, or Kurzweil? In my mind, Kurzweil was the start of The Singularity -- shame I don't have eyes on his original works to prove that -- so I'll probably go with Kurzweil. Though the Extropian Movement is important to note too -- they had a hand in the creation of the 1999 Transhumanist Declaration, which I expect I'll be using to describe the "background of the Trasnhumanist beliefs" rather than the origin of WTA/H+ itself.