POL 507 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,3: Wearable Computer, Ursula Franklin, Turing Test
6 Feb 2017
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Socio- technical perspective: studying the intersection of technology and society. Social change occurs not as a result of technology alone but as a blending of micro, meso-, and micro-level-processes. Simulation is geared towards the development of tools that can resemble or outperform human faculties. Augmentation attempts to integrate machines and humans into new hybrid actors with added capabilities. Technology provides a means for us, its users, get things done. Only when our technology fails us do we suddenly realize the depth of our dependence on that technology. Two perspectives of technology: simulation: geared towards the development of tools that can resemble or outperform human faculties, augmentation: attempts to integrate machines and humans into new hybrid actors with added capabilities. The social and ethical dimensions of studying technology. The focus on how the social, ethical, and technological come together and influence started to become a study in the marxist tradition around 1850 with its focus on inequality.
