Building the Information Age (Lecture 7)

Question 1

what are some effects of mass production

Answer 1

increased flow of consumer goods, new distribution and marketing channels, restructuring of social strata

Question 2

what are some key elements of post wwII technology

Answer 2

tract housing, highway infrastructure, consumer products, automobile manufacture, airline transportation

Question 3

what are some effects of rapid technology change

Answer 3

keeping up with it, transience, diversity, adaptability, survival

Question 4

what are some persistent problems of 20th century technology

Answer 4

• a century of war and destruction

- no solutions to long-standing societal problems

Question 5

what are some anti-technology reactions to the 20th century

Answer 5

• tech as a malign force
• tech creating more problems than it solves
• agnotologistics: science of ignorance and false controversies
• pseudo-science and pseudo-technology