Memo42+--+Skeleton+and+Notes

Thomas Solley STSH 4980-01 Senior Thesis Costelloe-Kuehn 11/15/2016 11/17/2014  11/19/2014  11/21/2014

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__ Memo 42 -- Skeleton and __ Notes So.... Let's begin with my questions, and break those into smaller ones, as-per the professor's feedback;
 * 1) Social-theoretical question; "what does it mean to be human?"
 * 2) Research Question; " what can the debate between anti-facebook users and transhumanists tell us about 'what it means to be human'?"
 * 3) Smaller questions;
 * 4) What is "human"? What are the definitions of this, from...
 * 5) Dictionary?
 * 6) Humanity virtue, 
 * 7) Human condition, 
 * 8) Human nature, 
 * 9) 'Humanity,' , , , 
 * 10) So... We will probably need to define what version of the term we are using, as that will help to explain our basic "terms and conditions."...
 * 11) STS community?
 * 12) Slow Technology / Reformed Luddite perspetive?
 * 13) HumanityPlus organization (transhumanists)?
 * 14) What Similarities exist between the St and H+ groups?
 * 15) What differences are there?
 * 16) ‍What drives persons to reject smartphones, the Internet, and computers -- arguably the current-day methods of modern communication?‍
 * 17) What reasons exist to fear the future?
 * 18) What claims have been made to substantiate a "more connected society" as being "the future," or else an aspect of "the inevitable"?
 * 19) Why transhumanism? Why
 * 20) What May be needed from the ST group to create a more "useful" movement?
 * 21) What could be useful in the future to create a constructive space?

4 and 7 may be useful in describing "about the people"... How they think.... - Useful for motivations? - What are their underlying assuptions, values.... //__**Peer-perspectives?**__// - What are the shared nodes between the views and groups -- leads into the concluding thoguhts, of shared spaces... ->>>> Stakeholder analysis.... how are situated....

-- problem of scope... build nmethodological premises into our questions... - originally had scope in terms of certain technologies... h+ is a great group for bidning transhumanists ... construct a discourse community... "ppl talking about the same discourse", looking at a particular d.c., the H+ group... -