Departments 6 45 Inside Front Cover 73 Commentary ISTAS 2015 - Culture, Ethics, and the Knowledge Society Call for Papers 10 Considering Social Implications of Biometric Registration - A Database Intended for Every Citizen in India by Usha Ramanathan President's Message Last Word 3 SSIT Past and Future 80 Lessons from the Sea by Greg Adamson by Christine Perakslis Book Review 4 The Circle Opinion 6 Ruminations on the "IQ2 Debate: We Are Becoming Enslaved by Our Technology" by Jeff Robbins 8 Are Social Media Making us Stupid? by Liz Stillwaggon Swan and Louis J. Goldberg 2 New! Read T&S Magazine on your iPhone or iPad! T&S in digital format is now included in the IEEE Newstand App. T&S will download automatically to SSIT member accounts when signed into IEEE Newstand with the email address that is used for T&S delivery. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine ∕ MARCH 2015