Jared Diamond’s essay “Accepting or Rejecting innovation” talks about three main factors that cause people to accept or reject innovation. Firstly, the practical applicability of new technology is one reason that affect people to accept or reject new technology. The reason why people of ancient Mexico use wheeled vehicles as a toy instead of a mean of transportation was that they suffered from the shortage of domestic animals to control their wheeled vehicles. Hence, there were no benefits provided for them. Secondly, we might accept new technology when it is considered fashionable and can make the buyer popular.. The majority of people are likely to buy famous-brand jeans rather than normal jeans because of the outstanding label and the label
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With the invention of automobile, we have various choices of transportation. Some people might like to take public transportation, but some people might like to drive their own cars. They must have their own reasons for their decisions. In my hometown, Guangzhou, most people prefer to take public transportation rather than drive their personal cars, since the public transportation is well-developed. We have buses and subways for different routes, and they are always on time. Therefore, it is more convenient to get to the place by public transportation, because parking issue and traffic jam are all the factors that needed to be considered if people drive their own cars. On the contrary, I found that it is more convenient and flexible to drive your own car in Riverside, since the public transportation is quite poor compared to my hometown. People need to wait a long time for the buses to come, and there are no subways. I believe that people in Riverside prefer to drive their own cars rather than take public transportation because it can save more times. This relates to Diamond’s essay. He cites an example that people of ancient Mexico did not utilize wheeled vehicles for transport because it did not offer any benefits over human porters. People’s decisions on driving private car or taking public transportation depend on whether they can get benefits from …show more content…
According to Diamond, he also has the same opinion about it. Furthermore, new technology can be good or bad for people and society. Sometimes you might lose an opportunity to succeed if you reject innovation, but sometimes you will have an opportunity to succeed if you accept innovation. For example, American electronics industry lost the leading role in worldwide electronics market because it rejected new transistors, whereas Japan plays the leading role in electronics market today because it accepted new transistors. Therefore, you might need to think twice before you make a decision on new
With the invention of automobile, we have various choices of transportation. Some people might like to take public transportation, but some people might like to drive their own cars. They must have their own reasons for their decisions. In my hometown, Guangzhou, most people prefer to take public transportation rather than drive their personal cars, since the public transportation is well-developed. We have buses and subways for different routes, and they are always on time. Therefore, it is more convenient to get to the place by public transportation, because parking issue and traffic jam are all the factors that needed to be considered if people drive their own cars. On the contrary, I found that it is more convenient and flexible to drive your own car in Riverside, since the public transportation is quite poor compared to my hometown. People need to wait a long time for the buses to come, and there are no subways. I believe that people in Riverside prefer to drive their own cars rather than take public transportation because it can save more times. This relates to Diamond’s essay. He cites an example that people of ancient Mexico did not utilize wheeled vehicles for transport because it did not offer any benefits over human porters. People’s decisions on driving private car or taking public transportation depend on whether they can get benefits from …show more content…
According to Diamond, he also has the same opinion about it. Furthermore, new technology can be good or bad for people and society. Sometimes you might lose an opportunity to succeed if you reject innovation, but sometimes you will have an opportunity to succeed if you accept innovation. For example, American electronics industry lost the leading role in worldwide electronics market because it rejected new transistors, whereas Japan plays the leading role in electronics market today because it accepted new transistors. Therefore, you might need to think twice before you make a decision on new