READING	NAME	AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION
Dance of Molecules prolog (xi-xvii).	Andrew Starr	Romancing the potential what nanotechnology could be(especially on xii and xiii) but throughout the chapter it appears.
	Daniel Schaffer	How can we control how nanotech is used to "help" people, vs destroying individuality?
	F. Grant Kovach	Could we turn our dreams of tailoring matter to our needs into reality?
	Andrew Cunningham	Since "nature builds imperfect things that work perfectly," why do we always seek to focus on our imperfections (makeup, etc.) and our fictional characters try to make perfect women? We are nothing short of miracles, and we should remember that. (xvii)
O'Sullivan, “Virtual Metamorphoses: Cosmetic and Cybernetic Revisions of Pygmalion's Living Doll.”
	Rachel Ferebee	Pg. 15 - Why financially advantageous yet loveless marriages are acceptable but prostitution in the formal sense is not.
	Jonathan Amazon	This Article analyzes narratives that deal specifically with the issue of a man searching for a perfect woman through artificial means, but can we generalize it to parallel almost any modern pursuit of perfection? for example, our genetic engineering of the perfect food crop.
	James Johnston	The extension of sexuallity into technological aestetics, and consumption that might reinforce these mindsets. Pages 19-25 (Idea sparked mainly from Blade Runner and Dr. Goldfoot films description)
	Alex Lamparski	As shown in the last pages, it is much easier to build the perfect woman from scratch versus starting with a dirty canvas. How will technology affect the next generation of women. As parents can plan their baby’s eye color and sex will we slowly weed out trademarks inherited from our grandparents? With the perfect body and face more obtainable, as technology decreases recovery time and price, will the diversity of the American population cease?
Donna M. Riley, "Sex, Fear and Condescension on Campus: Cybercensorship at Carnegie Mellon",	Heather Lautman	Page 160 it states, "The text was allowed to stay because sexually explicit text is less likely than pictures to lead to obscenity prosecution." I just thought it would be interesting to discus how text is treated differently than pictures and if it was justifiable. Just because it is text describing it rather than a picture shouldn't mean that it has any more or less meaning or effect.
	Molly Danskin	2 Right – “…the 70/30 male-female student ratio predisposes the campus to gender hostility…” Does ‘the ratio’ create gender hostility here at RPI? Does RIBS (Ratio Induced Bitch Syndrome) occur? If so, is it because females are overly pleased with extra attention, or because they feel a need to act defensively amongst a male majority?
	Jim McKenna	"Legality was no longer the university’s primary motivation for cybercensorship, protecting women was." CMU also suggests that pornography is a cause of violence against women and children, and creates a hostile environment for women. -In present times where freedom of speach is more important than ever, does any college have the right to censor anything from its students, whether or not it is deemed immoral or a cause of violence?
	Christine O'Rourke	Why didn't the university just say that they were banning certain sites because the images on them were illegal instead of saying that the images were offensive to woman?
	Andrew Nelson	Why is 'kinky' pornography almost always labeled as bad? It might help some people feel more comfortable with their sexual desires to see other people doing it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-positive_feminism
	Sarah Petzold	Why sex positive? why not wage positive or child rearing positive? The US seems to focus on homosexuality and primarily other unChristian views as problems to focus on or to discredit an unpopular group.
	Tracy Breslin	Under Historical Roots: "Pornography is the theory; rape the practice." Does Robin Morgan honestly believe that every person who has viewed pornography will subsequently rape someone?
	Grant Boucher	The argument between feminists groups regarding the demeaning nature of sexual acts (e.g., pornography, prostitution, BDSM, etc.) is pointless. Sexual desires and norms are something that should be determined on an individual basis and are not something that can be blanket-classified as acceptable or unacceptable. People should be able to fulfill their sexual desires with consenting partners and no one has the right to tell them their desires are vulgar or demeaning.
Eglash, R. Oppositional Technophilia	Adam Neisius	If tool making and critical analysis of our environment are considered part of what characterizes humans then how are the products of these considered unnatural while the processes are considered natural? Where is the line or does the line even exist? (pg. 4)
	Joyce Chow	Are all technophiles also technocritics and vice versa? Can one truly be in love with only machines or only people?
	Mike Pennisi	Sally Hacker describes technophilia as "a form of masturbation." Can humans grow personally from technology adoration alone? (pg. 1)
	Andrew Krushelnyski	Low-riders, the "phat" American cars. An old latino tradition that turned into a culture which then turned into a lifestyle. The only problem is did it turn into a lifestyle for both latino men and women? Also on a broader scale, cars in general? pg 2
	Galen Frechette	I have tended to be one to condemn technophlia. Mostly , as I have realized, because of how easy it is for technophilia to apease mental conditions which foster ideals such as "progress" and notions of something "better", ultimatly ideals that i feel promot judgments which lead to degradation of ones perceived experiences in life. However, this may not always be the case, and techno-critics are also just as guilty of fostering similar ideals and practicing similar judgments. I guess in the end it is up to the individual, techno-critic or technophile, how their judgments make them feel.
	Jason Bernardo	Can we really say that a Christian legacy is a reason for a bias against technophilia? (p.3) Don't most belief systems hold nature in high regard and aren't most predominantly Christian nations quite advanced technologically? Doesn't the command to be good stewards of the gardn allow for technological advancement and the idea of being made in God's image allow for us to create objects of our own?