Geek Heresy (62 page)
Authors: Kentaro Toyama
Self-help groups,
199–200
Self-improvement,
89–91
,
214–216
,
244–245(n52)
,
275(n8)
Self-study through digital media,
11–13
Self-transcendence,
164–168
,
181
,
188–191
,
204
,
210
,
216
,
261–262(nn28
,
34
,
35)
.
See also
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Seligman, Martin,
249(n8)
Sen, Amartya,
88
,
98
,
243(n44)
,
274–275(n4)
Sethu, K.,
207
Seva Mandir nonprofit,
77–82
,
223
,
240–241(n14)
,
240(n10)
Shah, Rajiv,
272(n12)
The Shallows
(Carr),
23
Shanti Bhavan school,
140–142
,
146–149
,
162
,
254(n32)
,
257(nn50
,
52)
Shirky, Clay,
21
,
36
,
119
,
230(n17)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra,
194
.
See also
El Sistema
Silver bullet.
See
Panacea
Sina Weibo,
51
Sinclair, Upton,
16
El Sistema (Venezuela),
193–194
,
207–208
,
270(n2)
,
273(n23)
Skeptics, technological,
20–21
characteristics and views,
22–24
evaluating technological programs,
25
responsibility for the impacts of technology,
56
technology magnifying existing social forces,
30
unintended consequences of technology,
235(n35)
utopians and,
230(n17)
See also
Amplification, Law of
Skills, acquiring and upgrading,
123–125
,
192–193
.
See also
Education and training
SKS Microfinance,
236(n7)
Slacktivism,
86
Slavery,
166–167
Smallpox,
238(n28)
Smith, Adam,
96–97
Social activism, personal change and,
152–159
,
259–260(n15)
Social businesses,
84
.
See also
Social enterprise
Social change
brain circulation,
182–185
collective action,
50–52
,
235(n29)
,
254(n31)
computer literacy leading to,
17–20
,
122–125
as cultivation of people,
195
differential effects of technology,
47–49
,
235(n25)
digital divide,
49
European Enlightenment,
95–98
for-profit business approach,
82–86
happiness as focus,
87–91
human responsibility for,
56
,
209–210
,
218
intention and self-control,
213–216
Iron Law of Social Programs,
69–70
national level,
172–191
predicting through the Law of Amplification,
52–54
researchers’ intent and,
25
social impact of technology,
16–17
,
22–24
sustainability,
146–149
technological determinism,
20
,
22–24
,
230(n17)
telecenters,
104–105
unintended consequences of technology,
55–56
,
235(n35)
value of education in creating,
142–146
Venezuela’s El Sistema,
193–195
,
207–208
,
273(n23)
virtue ethics,
213–214
,
274–275(n4)
See also
Amplification, Law of
;
Aspirations
;
Digital Green
;
Education and training
;
Heart, mind, and will
;
Intention
;
Intrinsic Growth
;
Mentorship
;
Microcredit
;
Packaged interventions
Social determinism,
26
,
29–30
,
231(n26)
.
See also
Technological determinism
Social media
Arab Spring,
32–35
children’s preferences over educational applications,
11–12
Chinese Internet censorship,
50–51
personal connections and,
46–47
repressive regimes’ use of,
23
revolutionaries’ use of,
32–35
,
53
shifting depth of personal connectivity,
40–41
Sina Weibo,
51
See also
Facebook
Social mobility,
137–138
,
175–177
,
250–251(n13)
.
See also
Inequality
Social movements.
See
Social change
Social programs,
69–70
.
See also
Education and training
,
Governance
,
Poverty alleviation
;
Social change
Social skills,
131
Social status
aim of intervention,
124
difference in mentorship,
198
parental status in student achievement,
250–251(n13)
See also
Esteem needs
;
Inequality
;
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Societal intrinsic development,
174–191
.
See also
Group intrinsic growth
Socioeconomic status
Ashesi student success,
127
compassionate class,
188–191
creative class,
186–187
digital divide,
ix
,
47–49
,
234(n24)
Maslovian growth,
270(n43)
microcredit beneficiaries,
61
obesity and,
235(n32)
Shanti Bhavan student success,
141
two-tiered education system,
94
See also
Economics
;
Education and training
;
Inequality
;
Social change
South Africa: microcredit programs,
59–60
Space programs,
177–178
,
266(n9)
Spandana organization,
236–237(n14)
Spinoza, Baruch,
96
Sreenivasa, Tara,
139–141
,
147–149
,
254(n32)
Standardized tests,
13
,
94–95
,
117
,
229(n29)
,
240(n8)
,
248(n23)
Stereotype threat,
264–265(n1)
,
271(n7)
Stiglitz, Joseph,
98
Stree Jagruti Samiti (Society for Women’s Empowerment),
17–18
Student achievement
delayed gratification and,
173
digital technology enhancing,
15–16
digital technology failing to improve,
8–13
Hole-in-the-Wall project,
228(n24)
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA),
13
,
117
,
229(n29)
,
248(n23)
randomized controlled trials,
8
,
12
,
31
,
77–82
parents’ education and,
251(n13)
teachers’ commitment to education,
78–80
video games,
228(n20)
See also
Children
;
Education and training
Subprime home mortgages,
61
Suicide bombings,
50–51
Surveillance, digital,
52
Sustainability
education,
146–149
health care,
137–138
intrinsic growth and,
214
nonprofits,
86–87
public sector programs,
86–87
social enterprise,
82–87
See also
Scale
Swaminathan, M.W.,
104
Syria: Arab Spring,
33–34
Systematic corruption,
266(n10)
.
See also
Corruption
Taylor, Toyia,
115–116
te Velde, Vera,
143–144
Teachers
mentorship,
202–203
monitoring attendance,
78–82
students’ need for adult guidance,
14–15
teaching critical thinking skills,
13–14
technology’s failure to replace,
8
technology’s impact on,
9
See also
Education and training
;
Human interaction and human forces
;
Implementers
;
Mentorship
Teaching to the test,
94–95
Tech Commandments,
92–94
,
170–171
,
245(nn59
,
61)
Technocratic goals and solutions,
92–99
,
142
,
155–156
,
236(n1)
,
246(n67)
.
See also
Packaged interventions
Technology Access Foundation (TAF),
114–119
,
162
Technology and society,
20–27
,
95–96
.
See also
Amplification, Law of
;
Contextualists, technological
;
Skeptics, technological
;
Technological determinism
;
Utopians, technological
