On 13/12/2013 09:51, Eliot Lear wrote:
> Dale,
>
> On 12/12/13 8:57 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
>
>> I would say that our ethical obligation as engineers is not to decide
>> what technological policy is best for society, but rather to inform
>> and educate the public (in all its facets) as well as possible about
>> the realities and the possibilities of the technology, so that the
>> larger society can decide how to handle the unavoidable tradeoffs
>> between various benefits and costs.
>>
> Without getting into whether I agree or disagree with you on this point,
> I think it's a good way to frame at least some of the discussion.
> Thanks for that.
I agree too. On the other hand, the IETF writes technical documents. I think
we decided some years ago to leave the larger society issues, including
education, to ISOC.
Brian