Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-5: Jacques Ellul, Martin Heidegger, Western Philosophy
20 Oct 2017
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Langdon winner (cid:862)the(cid:396)e is (cid:374)o idea (cid:373)o(cid:396)e p(cid:396)o(cid:448)o(cid:272)ati(cid:448)e tha(cid:374) the (cid:374)otio(cid:374) that te(cid:272)h(cid:374)i(cid:272)al thi(cid:374)gs ha(cid:448)e politi(cid:272)al (cid:395)ualities(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1005)(cid:895) People claim that technology can be judged by the way they carry authority and power within them, along with the way it helps with productivity and their environmental effects. The factory system, automobile, telephone, radio, television, the space program, and of course nuclear power itself have all at one time or another been described as de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)atizi(cid:374)g, li(cid:271)e(cid:396)ati(cid:374)g fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1005)(cid:895) According to daniel boorstin, tv has the power to create a democratic world, something never before seen in america. Technology is intertwined with modern politics for sure. However, saying that technology has politics seems a bit absurd. All technology has a reason behind how they were built, why they were developed and why we use them a certain way. Two ways that artifacts/technologies can have political properties to them:
