SOCD41H3 Lecture Notes - Seat Belt, Dodge Challenger, Technological Determinism
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Rule of machines in everyday life, we now have to specialize in jobs in order to find job since machines have taken over the easier jobs. We like to think that we have our own autonomy for it to be shifted over to machines it would be an abomination. Human being diplaced and deskilled by machines (latour) In the past banking required a teller in order to do banking. Change of labour practice where we no longer matter becoming the instrument of a machine. American revolution (british red coats vs. american revolutionaries) Everything is @ your fingertips (any desire you have can be coordinated) What does latour say about who controls whom, is machines controlling humans or vice versa, or is it more complicated than that. Man controls it by controlling the dissemination [134] Manipulating technology and consumer in order to inspire interest. [125] alliances between humans and machines and machines.