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<title>Writing Project 1</title>
<author xml:id="v26">Michael Van Wickle</author>
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<problem_stmt> Many members of the populace of the city of Boston, along with the United
States and the World, do not have access to the benefits of modern technology. The
problem stems from systemic inequality which is well beyond the scope of this class, or
any single discipline. Reducing the problem to just that of the distribution of
technology, it becomes more manageable. A simple statement of the problem: how could the
distribution of technology expand to the disparate of the world? The following will
focus on possible litigious or business facing solutions.<note type="instructor">you
might even think about narrowing it further--to specifically Boston or neighborhoods
within Boston</note>
</problem_stmt>
<citation n="1" style="IEEE">
<author n="1">Thomas, J.</author>, (2013). "<title level="a">Association for Molecular
Pathology et al. v. Myriad Genetics et al.</title>." <title level="j">United States
Reports</title>. 569. Available:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_1b7d.pdf. </citation>
<annotation>This judgement, <background type="source">rendered by the Supreme Court of the
United States, the highest court in the United States,</background>
<summary type="general">deals with the patentability of isolated deoxyriboneucleic acid
(DNA). Decided by the court, was that isolated DNA was not patentable.</summary>
<summary type="general">It more broadly deals with the patentability of <q>laws of
nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas</q>(2)</summary>. <relevance
type="application">This judgement, while not exactly perfectly to the problem, could
be used as a model argument against such patented technologies that some may view as
human rights or fundamental to life.<note type="instructor">OK, but what about the
source helps you approach this problem through the lens of law? Is it the
structure of the argument? The scope? Etc.?</note></relevance>
</annotation>
<citation n="2" style="IEEE">
<author n="1">United Nations Human Rights Council</author>. (2016, June, 27). "<title
level="a">The promotion, protection, and enjoyment of human rights on the
Internet</title>." <title level="j">United Nations General Assembly</title>. 32nd
Session. Agenda item 3. Available:
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/32/L.20. </citation>
<annotation>This statement, <background type="source"> from the United Nations (UN) Human
Rights Council, which deals with the promotion and protection of human rights
worldwide,</background>
<summary type="general">broadly states that access to the internet is a "universal"
right.</summary>
<summary type="general"/>
<relevance type="value_stmt">This declaration is non-binding, meaning that it does not
compel member states to act. However, it does represent the conviction of the UN
that internet access is a fundamental human right.<note type="instructor">Again, I
see this as related, but I think you need to be more specific as to
how.</note></relevance>
</annotation>
<citation n="3" style="IEEE">
<author n="1">Circuit Judge Tatel</author> and <author n="2">Circuit Judge
Srinivasan</author>. (2016, June 14). "<title level="a">United States Telecom
Association et al. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of
America</title>." <title level="j">United States Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit</title>. 15-1063. </citation>
<annotation>This judgement, <background type="source">from the District of Colombia Circuit,
a court on the second highest level in the United States,</background>
<summary type="general">states that the an order from the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) is valid. The order stated, generally, that broadband service
providers must treat all network traffic the same.</summary>
<summary type="general">The FCC order essentially ensured that internet providers follow
the rules of "net neutrality" which has been a governing principle since its
inception.</summary>
<relevance type="application">This judgement and the order that it upheld could be used
to prevent internet providers from throttling internet connection speeds to the
lower classes of society.</relevance>
</annotation>
<citation n="4" style="IEEE">
<author n="1">Daron Acemoglu</author>. (2003). "<title level="a">Technology and
Inequality</title>," <title level="j">National Bureau of Economic Research
Reporter</title>. Winter 2003. Available:
http://www.nber.org/reporter/winter03/technologyandinequality.html </citation>
<annotation>
<background type="source">The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a United
States based organization focusing on non-biased economic research.</background>
This paper <summary type="general">gives a high level overview of the causes of
inequality with respect to technology.</summary>
<relevance type="application">This paper could be used, by analyzing the enumerated
problems, in an attempt to reverse some inequalities.<note type="instructor">how,
though? what specifically?</note></relevance>
</annotation>
<citation n="5" style="IEEE">
<author n="1">C.K. Prahalad</author> and <author n="2">Allen Hammond</author>. (2002)
"<title level="a">Serving the World's Poor, Profitably</title>." <title level="j"
>Harvard Business Review</title>. September 2002. Available:
http://www.hbr.org/2002/09/serving-the-worlds-poor-profitably. </citation>
<annotation>
<background type="source">The Harvard Business Review is a publication affiliated with
Harvard University.</background>
<summary type="general">This article lists ways that large businesses could help the
disparate of the world while also serving their own interests.</summary>
<relevance type="application">The ideas laid out in this piece could be used as a
template for multi-national corporations as they attempt to start human-rights
programs.</relevance>
</annotation>
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<p>The general topic of your annotated bib is incredibly important and complex. I think
you might benefit from narrowing the problem further. Also, making more clear how
your sources *specifically* relate to your problem (topically or methodologically)
would be helpful to assess the quality/scope of your research here. Finally, the
majority of your annotations are under the word limit dictated on the prompt.</p>
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