CS213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cycles Of The Kings, Conation, Technological Determinism
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As rm and de nite as structure suggests, yet it operates in the most delicate and least tangible part of our activities. ". Culture is therefore dynamic rather than static; heterogeneous rather than homogeneous. In the essay, williams presents 2 camps who lay claim to culture but according to williams, we will not nd culture in either locale. > culture is embedded in the practices and materials of everyday life. Going out of our way of thinking about technology and society. The more powerfully aligned the structures and beliefs of a culture are, the more dif cult the opportunities for change, even when change is, in practice, positive" (pg. 5) Technologies come from the mind of a genius inventor. Technology plays roles" in ction or stories such as: central de ning characteristic- to be human is to use tools". Driving force, or goal, of each of these ages is to perfect these technologies and this stage is development".
