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October 27, 2005
Technological Determinism
This idea is very interesting, but as Practices of Looking states, it isn't a believable idea. I think that POL has a more realistic and scientifically-based explanation of technology's progress, that the changes in technology are triggered by "collective cultural and social desires". This is exactly my opinion of technological determinism, and it couldn't have been stated more clearly. Items like records leading to cassetes, eventually leading to CD's did not come about without a desire from the population to have a variety of music readily available and accessable. The trends of a society and the growing desire for more advanced systems to add either more entertainment, or to make life easier are what guide the direction of technological changes.
Posted by lcishagan at October 27, 2005 11:46 PM