Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Conflict Resource, Mongrel, Tungsten
15 Apr 2018
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What is the meaning of technology: the ask is so big, like being asked what the holocaust means. Three common misconceptions about technology: technology has no meaning. As if the ceaseless distortion of our lived experience by the tools we are always using was somehow meant to happen, being part of some predetermined evolutionary process that cannot (and should not) be stopped. Hence, unrestricted technological development is presumed to be natural" and good, for through it we"ll work to achieve our destiny to become the masters of the. Is essential for human revolution and progress: we must allow technology to develop without interference, technology connects" us. And does so by perpetually innovating" the ways in which we relate to each other. Apple: buy our product to help build relationships, personal relationships the phone maintains. Foxcon: company that makes apple products, high suicide rates, feels like prison, bad pay.
