Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Endangerment, Cash Register, Foxconn
28 Feb 2018
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Gestell what we think of the ressource (profit) Nihilism what is lost from the use of all of the above. Discusses the idea that technology and society has political qualities. Machines and structures embody forms of power and authority. All advancement of tech are often considered to be democratizing and liberating. Social determination of technology its not technology itself that matters it is the social. Theory of technological politics we pay attention to technical objects and the meaning and economic system its produced within of those characteristics. The physical structure of our society has become apart of our natural environment going unnoticed to the human eye. Even if we did notice them to not be natural we would not attach or draw special meaning from it. In reality city planning and architecture has become evident in physical arrangements. Low hanging overpasses designed by robert moses meant to discourage buses to drive on freeways.
