Reading questions for:
JOHNSON, IS THE GII A DEMOCRATIC TECHNOLOGY.
CS-80--Senior Seminar
Fall '01

Trevor Moss

9-12-01

1. Johnson states that technology was originally considered to be 'valueless.' However, now a days "technology (as well as science) is value laden." (77) Describe how technology can be valueless and how it can be value laden.

2. How is it that technology can shape values? How can the reverse happen, values be shaped by technology?

3. How can the GII be considered democratic, supporting communication amongst everyone? How about hierarchical? How is the GII supporting a more global community in which people from all over the world are allowed to communicate with one another? How can the GII create more insulated communities separating people from one another? Can the GII truly be considered democratic?

4. Johnson speaks of "Moral/Metaphysical Meaning of Embedded Values," "the Support Meaning of Embedded Values," "The Material Meaning of Embedded Values," and "The Expressive Meaning of Embedded Values." (pp 84-86) How do each of these ideas work and do they support or contradict the idea of a democratic technology. What do you feel they say about the technology of the future?

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Reading questions for:
JOHNSON, IS THE GII A DEMOCRATIC TECHNOLOGY.
CS-80--Senior Seminar
Fall '01

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