7. Evaluating and Controlling Technology
7. Evaluating and Controlling Technology
What are the broader implications for a global society?
Who needs internet access?
What technologies are affordable and widely available?
Who decides? - T
his week we will be looking at some broader issues.
There are many issues that are less well defined than some we have explored.
What are the implications for a global society as more of the world's population have access to technologies, while many other people do not? Will this imbalance lead to unrest or encourage the have-not's to work harder to close the gap? What technologies are being developed? Who decides what we "need"?
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