Entering the "information zone"
This week we enter what I'll call "The Information Zone"...sort of like "The Twilight Zone" without Ron Serling's narrative.
On page 62 of _The Social Life of Information_ our authors present Anthony Giddens' quote, "The humanizing of technology is likely to involve the increasing introduction of moral issues into the now largely 'instrumental'."
Based on what you read this week, present two or three examples from the books where humanizing technology needs to be done. Or, equally engaging, find two or three examples in the books where you thought technology was humanized.
Explain why you thought those examples either address or refute Giddens' quote. We'll take those ideas up on Monday night...unless, of course, the "IMPENDING WINTER STORM" (cue scary music a la our local TV news stations) interferes.
On page 62 of _The Social Life of Information_ our authors present Anthony Giddens' quote, "The humanizing of technology is likely to involve the increasing introduction of moral issues into the now largely 'instrumental'."
Based on what you read this week, present two or three examples from the books where humanizing technology needs to be done. Or, equally engaging, find two or three examples in the books where you thought technology was humanized.
Explain why you thought those examples either address or refute Giddens' quote. We'll take those ideas up on Monday night...unless, of course, the "IMPENDING WINTER STORM" (cue scary music a la our local TV news stations) interferes.
posted by Diane Penrod at 2/19/2005
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