NATS 1775 Study Guide - Final Guide: Arc Lamp, Thomas Edison, James J. Couzens
21 Mar 2014
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Technological determinism: is a viewpoint that regards technology as the prime agent of social and organizational change, technology determines what society looks like, defining society based on technology that is used within it. Problem: the ideas of determinism are too simplistic; this is why it is popular in the media. Once humans create the technology they cannot control it: technology as applied science. It is a theory that suggests that technology is a result of scientific research. Many of our technologies, in our modern world (late 1800"s to present), derive from scientific research. This theory isn"t true; it doesn"t make sense if we are talking about technological advancement in early eras of life: necessity is the mother of invention. Society needs something and someone makes the technology to fulfill this need. Many technologies (past and present) have been made for more then just need, perhaps love, greed or even no reason at all.
