Checklist for Installment #2

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A. Quotes that I used from the text
1. Quote on hybrids (Woodhouse 41).
2. Quote on trial and error learning (Woodhouse 86).
3. Quote on CEO Pay (Woodhouse 111).
4. Quote on random selection (Woodhouse 134).
5. Quote on internet-based democracy (Woodhouse 174).
B. Quotes that I used from other assigned readings
1. Lee Iacocca on safety (Page 3)
2. Erik Stork on hybrids (Page 4)
3. Dyson on the healthcare system (Page 5)
4. Princeton University on high fructose corn syrup (Page 7)
5. Michael Moore on workplace democracy (Page 8)
C. Examples/ideas/statistics I used from assigned readings
1. Rubber gas tank insert for Pinto would have cost only $5.08 per
car, saving 180 lives and 180 burns per year (Page 2)
2. 2012 Honda Civic is poorer made than older models (Page 3)
3. Hybrid car invented in 1898 (Page 4)
4. High fructose corn syrup as an example of where ITE could have
been used (Page 7)
5. Highly polluting houses as an example of where consumer
purchase contracts could be useful (Page 8)
6. Scandinavia and Spain as examples of where workplace
democracy has been effective (Page 9)
D. Course concepts I used, and where they are first defined
1. Technoscience (Page 1)
2. Unintended Consequences (Page 1)
3. Technological momentum (Page 4)
4. Technological somnambulism (Page 5)
5. Veil of ignorance (Page 6)
6. Pace of Innovation (Page 6)
7. Intelligent Trial and Error (Page 7)
8. CEO Pay (Page 8)
9. Consumer Purchase Contracts (Page 8)
10.
Workplace democracy (Page 8)
11.
Random selection (Page 9)
12.
Internet-based democracy (Page 9)
E. Video material used
1. Cane Toads to illustrate how unintended consequences result
from lack of premeditation (Page 1)

2. Food, Inc. to illustrate how dehumanization of the food industry

has caused more harm than the extra efficiency is worth (Page 2)
3. Ghosts Along the Freeway to show dehumanization of towns
(Page 2)
4. Nicholas Carr on digital distractedness (Page 1)
F. Lecture material I used
1. 2012 Honda civic safety and quality cut in 2012 (Page 3)
2. Pinto mistake matters because we are dealing with human lives
(Page 3)
3. Technological momentum parallel seen in Apple (Page 4)
4. Auto industry forces workers to produce designs faster than what
may be prudent (Page 6)
5. Internet-democracy being established abroad and then migrating
to the U.S. (Page 10)
G. Discussion section
1. Instructor asked us what we thought about cost-benefit analysis,
and if we should question it in the Pinto case. (Page 3)
2. Fellow student responded that nothing was wrong with the Pinto
gas tank design since it was most economical, and $5.80 per car
adds up for only saving 180 lives a year (Page 3)
3. Alison Rodriguezs presentation proposing the veil of ignorance
as a way to decide who can compete in the Olympics (Page 6)
4. Instructor suggested that ITE may not be the best solution in
imminent, dangerous circumstances (Page 7)
5. Joshua Rosenfelds presentation on the digital divide relates to
barriers blocking adoption of internet-based democracy (Page
10)