Dr. Thomas E. Everhart discusses how technology evolved on October 7, 1993

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Title Dr. Thomas E. Everhart discusses how technology evolved on October 7, 1993
Description Second annual address in the William R. Gould Lecture Series. Greg Thompson gives the introduction and explains the purpose of the lecture series. Dr. Arthur K. Smith introduces the speaker, Thomas S. Everhart who served as president of the California Institute of Technology. Everhart discusses how technology evolved and created our industrial society. He explores the history of technology, including advancements such as the TV and the atomic bomb. He also mentions new technology such as virtual reality that is used to teach pilots to fly airplanes and scientific advancements including sequencing the human genome. He explains the Media's ability to determine a nation's will and morality and talks about negative aspects of technology, such as unwanted invasion of privacy and jobs lost from being transferred overseas. The lecture ends with a question and answer session. Speakers: Dr. Thomas E. Everhart; introduction by Greg Thompson (Assistant director of special collections for the Marriott Library), Roger K. Hansen (Director of Libraries at the University of Utah), Arthur K. Smith (president of the University of Utah)
Date 1993-10-07
Spatial Coverage University of Utah, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Subject University of Utah--Alumni; Science, Technology; Technology, Industry; Lectures; Libraries--Special collections--Endowments; Television--History; Inventions; Virtual Reality
Collection Number and Name A0214 William R. and Erlyn Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life Series video recordings
Collection Name Gould Lecture Series
Holding Institution Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Genre VHS
Format video/mp4
Extent 01:28:30
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Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv22717/
ARK ark:/87278/s6zbrqak
Setname uum_avac
ID 2528058
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zbrqak
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