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Volti, Unit 1 information, chapters 1-3
• The Nature of Technology• Winners and Losers: The Differential Effects
of Technological Change• The Sources of Technological Change
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Technological change
• inevitably produces social change.• does not affect everyone in the same way.• produces “winners” and “losers.”• can be used for either good or evil.
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Technological change, cont.• does not yield benefits without exacting a cost.• may require changes in habits and attitudes.• often shaped by distribution of power. [change
takes place--or doesn’t take place--because of a particular group]
• is sometimes used to “fix” problems that are not technical in nature.
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Technological change, cont.• demands “push” and “pull.”• treated differently in market economies than it
is in centrally planned economies.• Requires forecasters to examine trends
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Examples
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NYC Taxi Strike, 2008
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Dockworker standoff, cont.
© 2002, New York Times
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August 29, 2007
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August 29, 2007
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HNRS 201 May 18, 2010
Resolved• PDAs / barcode scanners introduced, ports
modernized• Efficiency increased, U.S. stayed somewhat
competitive with Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.• Some dockworkers reassigned• Union - not management - retained control
over jobs created by displaced dockworkers• Little to no outsourcing
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HNRS 201 May 18, 2010
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HNRS 201 May 18, 2010
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Technological Fix• Technological solution to a non-technical
problem• Can be effective, but sometimes value is
limited: social problems are fundamentally different from technical problems.
• Examples: airbags, scientific management
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Tech. Fix for dockworkers• PDAs / barcode scanners introduced, ports
modernized• Efficiency increased, U.S. stayed somewhat
competitive with Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.• Some dockworkers reassigned• Union - not management - retained control
over jobs created by displaced dockworkers• Little to no outsourcing