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LAS 432 Week 1 DQ 2 Technological Revolutions
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VTechnological Revolutions (graded)Do you agree with the assertion that we are now living in a third great technological transformation called the Knowledge Revolution? Have computers truly changed our lives so much that we can call this a revolution like the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century?The challenge of this question is that unless we know something about the earlier “revolutions”, Agricultural 10,000 years ago and Industrial 300 years ago, we aren’t in a place to make comparisons so you may need to have a little reading. Unfortunately Americans seem to have a tendency to feel that the "last great thing" is the greatest thing. We get very impressed with the "latest" technology. Nothing wrong with that unless it distorts your vision of what is really important in technology. You can't answer this question off the top of your head. You must know something about the Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution if you hope to respond constructively to the question.What is happening to us personally always seems like the most important thing, but you are expereincing these changes, or they seem like changes to us, but do you think your impressions are any more revolutionary than a a small farmer in 1750 whose family had farmed that land for at least 5 generations, decides he must move to a city and finds himself in 1750 London for the first time any one in his family has lived anywhere other than a tiny village? Do you think are perspective might be distorted by our personal experience. Not seeing the forest for the trees, you know?You might want to consider this question, from the perspective of the technology of mass production and consumption. 2 centuries ago, most Americans were pretty much self sufficient. Often make their own clothing as well as grew their own food. Industrialization vastly increased the level of material goods in society while at the same time reduced the cost of such goods. It is after the growth of a mass consumption market that we see an emphasis on individualism and self-reliance and materialism which sounds a little like what you are referencing. Is this TECHNOLOGY INFORMING CULTURE?. Would you consider the possibility, that the so called Knowledge Revolution is really just an extension of the Industrial Revolution, an acceleration of that process started long ago rather than a "revolution"?Does getting information fast in the so called knowledge revolution equate in importance to learning how to grow your own food instead of searching for wild food or as a result of the industrial revolution being able to affort a machine made pair of shoes instead of the cobblers hand made which you could not afford to own? The question is about the relative importance of the three "revolutions". https://www.examtutorials.com/course/las-432-week-1-dq-2-technological-revolutions/ |
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