New UMSI course syllabus on how tech disruption reshapes industries
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-30
Misha Teplitskiy (UMSI) shares a draft syllabus for a new class examining what happens when an industry is disrupted by new technology, viewed through information science, history of technology, sociology and economics—featuring Ong's orality work and the film "Desk Set."
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