Introduction to STS

• Science is the framework of knowledge about the natural world gained through the scientific method.
• Technology is the application of scientific expertise to develop products, services, and solutions.
• Society refers to groups of people engaging with each other and occupying the same geographical or social territory
• STS studies how social, political, and cultural factors influence scientific research and technological progress, and how they impact society in turn. - It combines previously independent disciplines like history of science, philosophy of science, and sociology. - STS emerged from realizing that education needs to prepare students to respond to challenges raised by science and technology.
• It lists 10 emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology as of 2020, such as battle for the Arctic, digital twins,MITs version of inception, robot abuse, stalkerware apps, and data voids left from search engines, telemedicine, app profits for closure, doom scrolling, Facebook.