On Utopia, feat. Prof. Eric Roberts | Traces, Appendix 15

A conversation with Prof. Eric Roberts about Utopia, morality, literature, science fiction, poetry, and more.

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About the Guest:
Eric Roberts is the Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus, at Stanford University. From 1990-2002, Roberts served as associate chair and director of undergraduate studies for the Computer Science Department before being appointed as Senior Associate Dean in the School of Engineering and later moving on to become Faculty Director for Interdisciplinary Science Education in the office of the VPUE. Professor Roberts has been active in professional organizations dedicated to computer science education. He is a Fellow of both the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has been a member of the ACM Education Board since 1997 and served as its chair from 2005 to 2007. From 1998 to 2001, Roberts served as co-chair and principal editor for the ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula 2001, which published a detailed set of curriculum guidelines in December 2001. He also chaired the ACM Java Task Force from 2003 to 2007.

References:
  - Thomas More's Utopia (book): https://amzn.to/3G6yBHf
  - Ursula K Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (short story): https://amzn.to/3G25W5V
  - Plato's The Republic (book): https://amzn.to/46r5klq
  - Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (book): https://amzn.to/3uhueGC
  - George Orwell's 1984 (book): https://amzn.to/3SM36d8
  - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (book): https://amzn.to/40FG2P6
  - Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (book): https://amzn.to/46icE2s
  - Isaac Asimov's Foundation (book): https://amzn.to/49GFrkb

Set Up:
  - Camera: https://amzn.to/3PZVscb (don't laugh)
  - Microphone: https://amzn.to/46f3pB5
  - Teleprompter Stand: https://amzn.to/3tgS98y
  - Telepromter App: https://amzn.to/46jdH31
  - Teleprompter Screen:  https://amzn.to/3PNfKFI (yup)
  - Headphones: https://amzn.to/46gMSwo