[CS213] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (12 pages long!)
Document Summary
2 million years ago, africanus and so on, used tools while living without electricity. Civilization was the same for two million years until the harness of fire and plants and animals arose (leaps forward) By the time that homo sapiens have come along, everyone was already using tools. The way we organized ourselves was dependant on tools. Incapable of existing without technology as we"ve been immersed in it throughout our entire existence as a species. Kline"s article is saying we should think of items not as a hammer or electricity but as a link throughout society important to think of the artifact and the know how involved to use it. From humans working to factories and robots. The real advance ford gave us with the moving assembly line (runs on rails and motors) He was about watching how people work and improving. He liked to watch people shovel coal into engines.
