I am interested in the first idea you mentioned about the video game. I have many questions about it and maybe we can discuss them after break. I think using a video game/virtual tour in place of the audio tour has its merits and can be very informative and thought-provoking. I am wondering in the currently time frame, what are some of your…[Read more]

I think besides human-imposed biases initially produced in the process of coding, i.e. a racially biased programmer, many interesting questions also lie in the intrinsic biases themselves. When we say that “machines are biased,” we are less so talking about the psychological biases similar to those of human and more about the type of effects…[Read more]

I think whether to “hoard” data and what data to keep or leave out are very complicated issues. I understand the point you are making here with the analogies, but I think one important difference between hoarding stuff for ourselves and academic/information “hoarding” is that though we are pretty sure that we are not using any of the stuff we are…[Read more]

I am also very fascinated by the idea of an inter-discipline project (your discussion on the Textiles and TechStyles is really interesting. the combination of a physical object/method of constructing a physical object with digital method/digital final product) I think it also is related to the topic I discussed in my blog post this week. I made a…[Read more]

I think it is really interesting that you mentioned to incorporate information about our current prison system into our final project. I was amazed by the architectural qualities of the prison when I visited it today. Even though whether John Haviland’s project and vision were successful in guiding inmates to repent is still debatable, I think it…[Read more]

I think about similar questions of how to “break out” of these seemingly prison-like structures of the society. During the class discussion, some students also expressed disappointment and even resignation in the face of such powerful structures. I personally think that “breaking out” seems to suggest a quick solution that can be given rise to by…[Read more]