NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Florence Cathedral, Bert Hall, Claude S. Fischer
29 Oct 2018
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Technology is applying scientific knowledge to make modern life more simple for human beings. Views of technology: technology as physical objects: tools, machines, instruments, weapons, and appliances. Revolution implies abrupt social change, the technology is so different from past technologies, it revolutionizes society in a fundamental way. Most technological developments are more evolutionary -slow gradual change. Revolution requires something to alter the way humanity functions in a drastic fashion (ex. >success and failure of a technology depends on the context, culture and the environment of the creation. It has nothing to do with the knowledge or advancements of the community. Theories about technology: technological determinism (most common) > the theory which attempts to explain the relationship between technology and society. (believes in causation: defining determinism. A viewpoint that regards technology as the prime agent of social and organizational change. Claude fischer, billiard ball approach - technology (white ball) exerting force upon society (coloured balls) which produces a chain of events.
