TSES 3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Family Resemblance, Carpentry, Washing Machine
26 Jan 2017
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Higher order/ unanticipated threats (toddler shooting parents) Guns don"t kill people, people kill people . Bush says these cause more problems than they solve. Technology is neither wholly good or wholly evil (or neutral) Technology has good and bad effects, usually at the same time. In order to forget myths about technology, and in order to understand valence, you need de nitions that are clear. She de ned three things: tool, technique, and technology. Tool: implements gadgets, artifacts themselves, (a hammer, washing machine, etc ) Technology: organized systems of interactions that utilize tools and involve techniques to perform tasks or accomplish objectives. *with this mentality, tools, then, can have both positive and negative effects simultaneously. Both use and effect are expressions of valence. Propensity for tools, techniques, and technology, to function in certain ways, in certain settings. Lots of innovation (normally the case for any modern technology)
