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Civic Education in the Information Era

Civic Education in the Information Era. Harry Lewis. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character -- that is the goal of true education - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Civic Education in the Information Era

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  1. Civic Education in the Information Era

    Harry Lewis
  2. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  3. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character -- that is the goal of true education - Martin Luther King, Jr. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  4. The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities - Winston Churchill Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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  7. A Failed Syllogism An enlightened society requires an informed citizenry. Technological barriers to universal knowledge have fallen. Yet the information revolution may create a less informed citizenry. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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  9. The First Amendment Congress shall make no law …abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press …. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  10. Hong Kong Basic Law Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication … Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  11. [The people] have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge; I mean, of the character and conduct of their rulers. – John Adams Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  12. The more freely information flows, the stronger societies become. Access to information helps citizens hold their own governments accountable, generates new ideas, encourages creativity and entrepreneurship. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  13. The more freely information flows, the stronger societies become. Access to information helps citizens hold their own governments accountable, generates new ideas, encourages creativity and entrepreneurship. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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  16. The Internet has shifted the balance between privacy and free speech Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  17. Supreme Court Supports Disclosure “When a Washington voter signs a referendum petition …, he is acting as a legislator. … I do not look forward to a society which … exercises the direct democracy of initiative and referendum hidden from public scrutiny and protected from the accountability of criticism.” “Privacy of association is protected under the First Amendment.” Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  18. Hong Kong Basic Law The freedom and privacy of communication of Hong Kong residents shall be protected by law. Hong Kong residents shall have … freedom of association …. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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  25. Wikileaks – US Diplomatic Cables “China's top leadership had carved up China's economic 'pie,’ creating an ossified system in which 'vested interests' drove decision-making and impeded reform as leaders maneuvered to ensure that those interests were not threatened.” Li Peng: electric power interests Zhou Yonkang: oil the wife of premier WenJiabao: precious gems JiaQingling: Beijing real estate developments Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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  27. “decomposition of body in water” Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  28. Tanya Rider Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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  30. U.S. Fourth Amendment The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, … Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  31. US Wiretap Decisions 1928 (Olmstead v. US) The United States takes no such care of telegraph or telephone messages as of mailed sealed letters. The Amendment does not forbid what was done here. There was no searching. There was no seizure. 1967 (Katz) One who occupies [a telephone booth], shuts the door behind him, and pays the toll that permits him to place a call is surely entitled to assume that the words he utters into the mouthpiece will not be broadcast to the world. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  32. Hong Kong Basic Law The homes and other premises of Hong Kong residents shall be inviolable. Arbitrary or unlawful search of, or intrusion into, a resident's home or other premises shall be prohibited. … The freedom and privacy of communication of Hong Kong residents shall be protected by law. Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  33. Abraham Lincoln [A student] is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important. You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him. He will assume control of your cities, states and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations. All your books are going to be judged, praised or condemned by him. The fate of humanity is in his hands Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  34. Civic Education Achieves, and resolves tension between, two goals: Preserves society’s traditions Situates society in space and time Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  35. Civic Education Achieves, and resolves tension between, two goals: Preserves society’s traditions Situates society in space and time Is about principles expressed in words Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  36. The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them – Mark Twain Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  37. Civic Education Achieves, and resolves tension between, two goals: Preserves society’s traditions Situates society in space and time Is about principles expressed in words Is about unity Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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  39. There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. H. G. Wells (1937) Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  40. There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. H. G. Wells (1937) Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  41. There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. H. G. Wells (1937) Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  42. There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. H. G. Wells (1937) Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  43. There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadowsa real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. H. G. Wells (1937) Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  44. Challenges to Civic Education Today Fight presentism Cultivate deep thought Promote understanding of the alien Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
  45. Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. - Thomas Jefferson Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture
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