COMM 2102 Lecture Notes - Lewis Mumford, Martin Heidegger, Productive Forces
6 May 2012
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The argument that technological determinism isn"t always a bad thing that maybe we should pursue to be technological determinists. A strong belief that there is a strong relationship between the development of protesting in the middle east/ occupy movements and various attempts to social change connecting with technological determinism. The concept of determinism has emerged as a powerful way of understanding how academics argue. What is the cause and effect use determinism as a way of how things happen. The tendency we have to equate technology to the latest technology. With every new technology brings the assumption that it is making individuals worse that we are starting to become more programmed by computers rather than electricity. Who does what to whom is the center of the technology debate. Technology refers to the practical application of knowledge in a particular area: logos refers to knowledge, techne application of that knowledge.
