CS100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Quipu, The Star-Spangled Banner, Upper Paleolithic
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Linear development, society had progressed to that moment. Social change it"s positive, it drives progress. A tool that helps us to do something. Tool = technology + human usage a goal. Things like paper clip, chisel are technology. A piece of technology doesn"t have to be a pluggable. Complete opposite way of looking at technology. Technology is a product of and reflective of our culture. We make it, not the other way around. Technology must fit into a pattern of activity which belongs to a particular lifestyle. It"s a complex development without a single inventor. It occurs over time, subject of social force and set of values if it"s to be of any use. Invent a technology to meet a need, even if the need isn"t realized right away. People say that there"s been both progression and regression (use of phones in negative and positive ways) People like to talk about things getting worse in general.
