Illumin Assignment

Call for Papers: Illumin Magazine

ETHICS REVISED

The Greatest Lie Told: String Theory and the problem with science communication

By Armen Poghosyan

You’re watching some science fiction movie about space pirates, and in the heat of the moment where…

Aesthetics and Ethics in Engineering Renewable Energy

Setting Boundaries: AI In The Music Industry

The public release of AI on November 30, 2022, stirred a mix of enthusiasm and…

EDM: Electronic Drugs Music

Drugs! This word carries an immediate and harsh negative connotation for a substantial portion of modern society. Fentanyl addicts, bodies folded in half yet still standing. Toothless meth-heads lisping for spare change. The Wolf of Wall Street crashing his Lamborghini on…

AI Art? More like Copyright Nightmare!

Modern technology has hit a new milestone — artificial intelligence can now craft “art”…

Housing Policy and the Slow death of California

Author: Ryland Chase

Home ownership has long been a staple of the “American Dream” as it offers a stable pathway to financial security for young people and those hoping to start a family. The current housing market in California affords no such…

WRIT340 Ethics Project

Data collection is scary. What starts as an innocent aim to customize user experiences can quickly devolve into a series of shady transactions where your data is harvested and distributed to who-knows-where. Data is harvested in a number of ways, the most common and well-known type of…

Ethics of Gene Editing

Medicine is currently standing at the brink of a transformative era, being pushed forward by our generation’s rapid technological advancements. At the forefront of this wave is gene editing, a groundbreaking innovation which makes it possible to correct errors in DNA. While this concept…

Crime and Punishment and the Way Out of Oppression

In my favorite book “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the main character Raskolnikov is a man who has been pushed to the lowest of the lows of human condition. An otherwise educated man, with a plethora of intellect and compassion, lives a very impoverished life…