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CS101 Introduction to Computing

Lecture 42

The Computing Profession

Focus of the last Lecture was on Social Implications of Computing

We discussed the impact of computing on:

• Business
• Work
• Living
• Health
• Education

Dilemma of Computing

• Are we heading towards a future where the role of the masters and the slaves will be switched?
• Should we slow down or even reverse some of the technology advances to avoid that dark scenario?

Powerful Global Corporations

• Internet-based communication is allowing business entities to coordinate the activities of their globally- spread units with greater accuracy
• All this has made these business entities very powerful, even more powerful than many nation- states

While old professions are being eliminated …

… new types of jobs are being created

Number of Temporary Workers is on the Rise

Working from Home

• Computing has made it possible for some to avoid going the office for their work
• They can do their work from home and communicate their ideas, questions, answers to their colleagues through the Internet
• This gives them more time to spend with their families due to the time they save on commuting to their place of work

From Mass- to Personalized-Marketing

• The Web has changed marketing forever, redirecting it from a mass focus to a single-person focus

Distances Have Contracted

• Because of the ever-decreasing costs of verbal, text, video communications, it is becoming easier to stay in touch with anyone, regardless of their physical location

Distances Are Increasing

• Solitude is the order of the day as many children & adults spend their free time surfing, chatting, playing computer games, instead of spending it on interacting with friends or family

A Society Under Surveillance

• While surfing, we are being watched, constantly

The Changing Face of Education

• Distance learning has received a boost due to the low-price of Internet communication and the availability of Web-based interactive content

Info Gathering

• The time and effort spent on gathering info can now be spent on using it

Telemedicine

• An audio/video/text connection combined with a few remote medical instruments and an on-site trained assistant can enable a doctor to examine and prescribe medicine to a patient far, far away