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I find the lack of decisive opinion given by the editors of this book to be somewhat annoying. "We have taken the most generous position, namely that technology is whatever and wherever our essayists say it is... we hope that the question "what is technology?" will remain open through the end of the book..." Something about this just makes me feel like this is a cop out answer. We can't decide so we are going to let other people tell all their opinions so that everyone can have a say. I guess it could be looked at as a outlet to facilitating other scholars ideas, but hopefully at some point during this book the people getting credit for it might have an opinion of their own for us to ponder. -- Elle | I find the lack of decisive opinion given by the editors of this book to be somewhat annoying. "We have taken the most generous position, namely that technology is whatever and wherever our essayists say it is... we hope that the question "what is technology?" will remain open through the end of the book..." Something about this just makes me feel like this is a cop out answer. We can't decide so we are going to let other people tell all their opinions so that everyone can have a say. I guess it could be looked at as a outlet to facilitating other scholars ideas, but hopefully at some point during this book the people getting credit for it might have an opinion of their own for us to ponder. -- Elle | ||
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| + | I found the transition of the meaning of technology interesting. It began as something simple and transformed into more of a process. Marx uses the example that although the steam engine was the symbol of nineteenth century progress, it failed to represent the complex technological system that the steam engine relied on such as stations, signals, and tracks. This relates to Langdon Winner's article because the meaning of technology has evolved to the point where it is interpreted in a political way. --Karen Siegmund | ||
