Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Round 1 Research

The first asserts that technology causes change in society, with society having a minimal
influence on technology. The second reverses the causality of the relationship,
maintaining that society and its values drive technology in certain directions and that
technology is therefore subservient to society and its values. The third argues that the
relationship between technology and society is intricate and complex, and that in given
situations and circumstances, either can influence the other to move in a different
direction.
http://www.dodccrp.org/files/Alberts_Anthology_I.pdf
I have found this author to be really insightful about his views on the negative aspects of technology. I have stated from the beginning, that every action we take must have an equal adverse reaction. This article is quite extensive, and goes into a lot more topics then I plan to cover in my research here, but as I enclosed atop, the basics are all the same. Technology controls us, therefore, we are victims of technology, and unable to be in control of it. To me, this is the very real issue that most individual never even consider when they think about their  Ipad, or smart phones. It is very disheartening to think of where we will be in another fifty years or so. Just how far can we go before this techno revolution backfires on us and leaves us standing in its dust. Will we one day answer to these computers that we now use for virtually every aspect of our day? It is truly a very scary thought indeed.

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