CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Langdon Winner, Snowmobile, Technological Determinism
10 Oct 2020
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Pacey, arnold (1)"technology: practice and culture (1 12) - (2) beliefs about progress (13 . Sow"s ears from silk purses: the strange alchemy of technological visionaries. Look at the web of human activities surrounding the machine". If it"s to be of any use, [technology] must fit into a pattern of activity which belongs to a particular lifestyle and set of values . What needs to be built to support it. Introduction of manufacturing and factories; not just a period of technological change - steam engine, electricity, etc. Gathering workers in one place and watching over them. Allowed steam engine to be used efficiently and effectively. A: organizational change: gathering workers in one place. Linear development which arises when social norms and institutions fail to adapt to the latest developments in, which presents technological advance as a process of steady development dragging human.
