Technological Determinism

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Discussion Questions

1) Is it possible to find human excellence in a technical scoiety?

2) Bimber references Cohen's test that technological determinism must be truly deterministic and truly technological. Do you agree with Cohen that only the the "nomological" interpretation meets this criteria?

3) Is it possible to ever rid humanity of a technical dominant or technological deterministic mindset?

4) Is the driving force behind technological determinism the technical society it creates, or is it the social environment of technique?

5) Is necessity the mother of invention (The human masters technology)? Or is invention the mother of necessity? (The technological society guides itself, shaping the "needs" of the human)

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The more technical actions increase in society, the more human autonomy and initiative diminishes. The more demands increase, the more free choice and individuality in action decreases.

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