Is Technology Helping or Hurting Us?

January 08, 2023 • 00:43:44
Is Technology Helping or Hurting Us?
Hearsay Culture Network
Is Technology Helping or Hurting Us?

Jan 08 2023 | 00:43:44

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Show Notes

How humans build our technological society. How do we design technology, and how how does it then shape us. In this volume titled Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future (2nd edition), essays, stories, articles and book excerpts spanning over 200 years address the aftermath of tech products. Editors Deborah Johnson and Jameson Wetmore expertly curate the literary and scholarly history of how humans have viewed technology. In this inaugural June 2022 interview on Hearsay Culture Network’s R&D with D&D, hosts Denise Howell and Dave Levine team up to examine the impact of technology as opposed to the engineers’ intentions—from […]

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