Political+Implications

__**Education**__ My work could have an impact on science and technology curricula formation. By better understanding the impact of technological interaction on subject formation, it will be possible for educators to refine their stance towards their incorporation of technology into classrooms. The use of technologies such as computers will be able to be better critically evaluated in order to understand the effect they create not only on the educational process but on the students themselves.

__**Militarization**__ With existing increases in the incorporation of modeling and visualization technologies into military discourses, my project could offer an entry point into understanding the role of computerized warfare on the very soldiers who will be required to use remote combat systems. The current conceptualization of remote combat as a removal of the human element could therefore begin to be questioned.

__**Policy-making**__ By better understanding the impact of data modeling and visualization technologies, it would be possible for policy-makers to refine their understanding of scientific practice. As such, this could potentially result in a re-organization of funding opportunities and efforts within the sciences. It could also give policy-makers a better understanding of the capacities of modeling and visualization technologies when they attempt to formulate policies that involve scientific matters.