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I also agree with Megan G. about technological determinism. I did not think that technology could ever determine what will happen in society, but I already did think that society could determine technology, as society will create what they need in order to survive. When Pursell mentioned advertising in relation to technological determinism I began to understand the concept and continuing on about job availability. -Claire B | I also agree with Megan G. about technological determinism. I did not think that technology could ever determine what will happen in society, but I already did think that society could determine technology, as society will create what they need in order to survive. When Pursell mentioned advertising in relation to technological determinism I began to understand the concept and continuing on about job availability. -Claire B | ||
| + | The 3 key mistakes that Joseph Corn used are very true. I like technology just as much as the next guy, but you would think that picking up a phone and dialing somebody’s number to speak with them over the phone would be easier and faster than to text them. Cell phones have become personal impersonal devices. I also believe that people wait for the latest and greatest items so they can “keep up with” society and their environment. I also believe that the manufactures are there to make money and replacing older versions of items with new and improved technological items is a cycle. What would we all do without cell phones or even computers now? I also find it interesting that Steinberg said that “the enrichment of a few at the expense of many.” This is still true today because not everyone can afford the best technology, but there are so many people in the world that it does not matter who can afford it and who cannot. Christine Kleinegger also suggested that mechanization was “contentious, contingent and heavily gendered”. Toward men or women? Both genders were working in factories and on the farm, but women were also working in the home. According to the author, Pursell, women managed complicated technological systems. From cooking dinner (which we now have microwaves and convention ovens) to washing dishes (automatic dishwashers), women were using technology gendered or not it assisted them and it shows no sign of slowing. Will there be an end to what we can do with technology, and when that happens where will we look next? --Pam Petzold | ||
