Current Event Post 1

http://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2015/01/28/microsoft-hololens-gets-faces-wearables-right/

As we have been watching the films in class, I have been intrigued by the idea that it can take a while to develop a technology correctly. This process is often influenced by the collection of "unknowledge" and the practice of stealing ideas. Microsoft is entering the heads up display field after Google Glass has mostly fallen by the wayside, but they are using the failures of Glass to improve their new Hololens product. The decision to make a limited use product that is not always on, removing some privacy concerns, makes the Hololens more attractive to consumers. They also add value by incorporating ideas from Occulus Rift and other VR goggles. I believe that through this synthesis, Microsoft has created a hit product and has demonstrated that a good idea can be successful despite previous failures, but only by learning from the market.

Study Journal 1

Ethics Foundations

1/13
Listing out an ethics guide is a good way to begin following your own values.

Don't be afraid to speak up to your superiors or the old guard when you find ethical failings.

Do not fall for logical fallacies and do not purposely mislead others with them.

1/15
It is important that we learn to generalize our skills beyond the task that teaches us them.

It is hard to follow instructions when we do not know the end goal, but we are responsible to keep them anyway and we may then learn their purpose.

Unknowledge that is shared is a good way of preventing others making the same mistakes.

1/20
We are not the ones that choose what is right or wrong, God sets our compass.

Morals are more often religious, Ethics are more often secular, but the former often determines the later.

It is more ethical to do that which brings the greatest good, and that should be our priority.