Blog Essay: Highlighting what others thought about technology
The following links are the full text responses to the questions I posited in my email interviews.
Kelly
Jim
Krysta
Peter
Hannah
Q 1 Interesting points: The personal definitions of technology varied widely among each person. Some included such specifics as technological development is based on principles of science, technology is devised through systematic application of knowledge, technology is a system or device that embodies some improvements, and/or technology is an expression of mechanical innovations.
Q 2 : Kelly is optimistic about technology being the embodiment of a society's attempts to better itself. Everyone else expresses slightly skeptical view of technological innovations not functioning as purported by the innovators or highlights that new technologies can be dangerous as they may be abused.
Q 3 : Agreement exist in that everyone interviewed believes that almost every technology can be abused to the detriment of society but all are also optimistic that the possible loses are outweighed often by the improvements gained through the implementation of new technologies.
Q 4 : The theme from all responses gravitates towards the incorporation of recent advancements of knowledge and time/labor saving efficiency in high tech. Low tech. is considered older and sometimes considered more reliable.
Q 5 : Almost everyone felt occasionally frustrated with using some technologies and traced their frustrations to lack of familiarity and the expenditure of time to gain a working familiarity. Peter expresses that although any of his frustrations with technology have been insignificant he has been frustrated when he has had dealings with people who are frustrated with or fearful of technology.
Q 6 : Energy production (includes heating houses for cats), user friendly design, and those technologies which benefit all humanity in general were mentioned as needing improved.
Kelly
Jim
Krysta
Peter
Hannah
Q 1 Interesting points: The personal definitions of technology varied widely among each person. Some included such specifics as technological development is based on principles of science, technology is devised through systematic application of knowledge, technology is a system or device that embodies some improvements, and/or technology is an expression of mechanical innovations.
Q 2 : Kelly is optimistic about technology being the embodiment of a society's attempts to better itself. Everyone else expresses slightly skeptical view of technological innovations not functioning as purported by the innovators or highlights that new technologies can be dangerous as they may be abused.
Q 3 : Agreement exist in that everyone interviewed believes that almost every technology can be abused to the detriment of society but all are also optimistic that the possible loses are outweighed often by the improvements gained through the implementation of new technologies.
Q 4 : The theme from all responses gravitates towards the incorporation of recent advancements of knowledge and time/labor saving efficiency in high tech. Low tech. is considered older and sometimes considered more reliable.
Q 5 : Almost everyone felt occasionally frustrated with using some technologies and traced their frustrations to lack of familiarity and the expenditure of time to gain a working familiarity. Peter expresses that although any of his frustrations with technology have been insignificant he has been frustrated when he has had dealings with people who are frustrated with or fearful of technology.
Q 6 : Energy production (includes heating houses for cats), user friendly design, and those technologies which benefit all humanity in general were mentioned as needing improved.
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