L18 modern technologies

Question 1

Samuel Florman

Answer 1

• against critics of technology

- Engineers are not responsible for the use of their designs

Question 2

• against critics of technology

- Engineers are not responsible for the use of their designs

Answer 2

Samuel Florman

Question 3

Lewis Mumford

Answer 3

Myth of the machine

-unlimited technological progress will eliminate humanity

Question 4

Myth of the machine

-unlimited technological progress will eliminate humanity

Answer 4

Lewis Mumford

Question 5

Luddites

Answer 5

first organized opponents to technological/social change, not against techology

Question 6

first organized opponents to technological/social change, not against techology

Answer 6

Luddites

Question 7

struggle between different ideologies and 2 systems

Answer 7

1 factor system, maximization of profits/new textile machines
2 Putting-out system, way of life, social/cultural change

Question 8

1 factor system, maximization of profits/new textile machines
2 Putting-out system, way of life, social/cultural change

Answer 8

struggle between different ideologies and 2 systems

Question 9

destruction of machine

Answer 9

punishable by death

Question 10

punishable by death

Answer 10

destruction of machine

Question 11

Jacque Ellul

Answer 11

• we are controlled by technology
• exploited for political or economic ends
• technology is not bad, but rather used for wrong ends

Question 12

• we are controlled by technology
• exploited for political or economic ends
• technology is not bad, but rather used for wrong ends

Answer 12

Jacque Ellul

Question 13

Neil Postman

Answer 13

-what we have lost because of the dominant role of technology
-3 main points:
1 technologies is always a trade off, we gain but we have to face some disadvantages as well
2 technology transforms societies it always has an impact
3 we are obedient to technology

Question 14

-what we have lost because of the dominant role of technology
-3 main points:
1 technologies is always a trade off, we gain but we have to face some disadvantages as well
2 technology transforms societies it always has an impact
3 we are obedient to technology

Answer 14

Neil Postman

Question 15

overall 4 ways of investigating the nature

Answer 15

1. natural history from ancient Greek to late 1600s, collecting, observing, biology, geology
2. analysis/experiment from 1700s to 1850
3. creation of new elements that do not exist in nature from 1850 to present - physics, biochemistry
4. technologies - ‘big science’ warfare and money

Question 16

1. natural history from ancient Greek to late 1600s, collecting, observing, biology, geology
2. analysis/experiment from 1700s to 1850
3. creation of new elements that do not exist in nature from 1850 to present - physics, biochemistry
4. technologies - ‘big science’ warfare and money

Answer 16

overall 4 ways of investigating the nature

Question 17

6 principles of technopoly

Answer 17

1. powerlessness and obedience to various forms of technology (both devices and systems)
2. Ignorance of what technologies we use are doing to our lives/ human relations interactions.
3. Acceptance of mass media/ internet as the legitimate and the only source of knowledge.
4. Inability to distinguish between what is useful and what is junk
5. inability to recognize “invisible” technologies (government, economy, sociology, education, etc)
6. Ignorance of past/history