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Neutral, it is not

Posted on September 14, 2012 by joypenner

Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it. But we are delivered over to it in the worst possible way when we regard it as something neutral; for this conception of it, to … Continue reading →

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Text: The Technology of Communication

Posted on September 14, 2012 by troos

After reading the course materials on ‘text” and ‘technology’, I feel the two are inseparable as they relate to communication.  Text happens to be the technology of communication.  It is what humans use to share information; to communicate thoughts and … Continue reading →

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A whole new language…

Posted on September 14, 2012 by milenab

Remember When A Poem About Technology A computer was something on TV From a sci fi show of note. A window was something you hated to clean And ram was the cousin of goat. Meg was the name of my … Continue reading →

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A balancing act in the classroom

Posted on September 13, 2012 by jmah

The microprocessor is the cornerstone for all our technological devices.  Moore, an Intel co-founder once prophesized that, “the number of transistors on a chip will double approximately every two years” (Intel, n.d.). Due to this rapid cycle, our society has … Continue reading →

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Language as technology

Posted on September 13, 2012 by adi

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyz/22991357/ [I posted this last week, but forgot to categorize it, sorry about that.] I chose this picture of Orson Welles the night he performed “The War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells, on October 30th, 1938 in the United … Continue reading →

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Technology and Text: One in the Same?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sarah Richer

Is Technology, Text? Through the exploration of text and technology, it created a vision in my mind. I found the two concepts to be related and eventually came to the conclusion that “technology is text”. Think about the tools we … Continue reading →

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Technology in Adams’ Universe

Posted on September 13, 2012 by kstooshnov

Here is another favourite author of mine, Douglas Adams, “with a set of rules that describe our reaction to technologies:” 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re a born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural … Continue reading →

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They are Us

Posted on September 12, 2012 by awhetter

“They mediate our actions? No, they are us.” –Bruno Latour, “On Technical Mediation: Philosophy, Sociology, Genealogy.” Common Knowledge 3: 2 (1994) pp. 29-64. http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/54-TECHNIQUES-GB.pdf These are the final words in Latour’s essay referenced above. The “they” he refers to are … Continue reading →

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The Change of Technology

Posted on September 12, 2012 by anne

I came across this poem about technology by James S. Huggins. I thought it was not only humorous, but showed how technology has changed and will continue to change over time. Technology and terms used in technology are always changing. … Continue reading →

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My view of technology

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Ginelle Stutt

Hi everyone, I’ve included a picture I took – it’s from Petra, in Jordan. This is the moment before you finish walking through the canyon slit (Siq) and finally gaze on the gates of Petra. I searched the Commons for … Continue reading →

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