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  What current debates about technology interest me?  I'm interested in the discussions around digital trust being key to embracing new technology. I recently learned about the Luddite movement, which refers to individuals who oppose and refuse to use technology. However, the original intent of this term was not focused on opposition to technology itself. This movement was named after Ned Ludd a Weaver, pictured above. Luddites were against the lack of choice, as they believed that leaders of emerging technologies were taking away jobs and opportunities from the people. Unfortunately, we still face similar issues of broken trust today.  When individuals are introduced to new technologies and the benefits they can provide, they may feel as though there is a lack of transparency or information being withheld from them. This feeling of unease can often be attributed to past negative experiences, such as corporations using and selling personal data for their own gain. To comb...

  In The Meaning of Technology, Pacey claims, “Thus my argument is that, if we wish to understand what technology means to those who invent, tinker with, build, or just use its products, we must investigate how the aesthetic is intertwined with the practical; how the giving meaning is related to building and making; and how to work with tools or with hands may have some correspondence with musical experience” (p. 18). Identify a technology that you use daily. Name it. Then, describe your personal relationship to it. How use using it make you feel? What meaning does it bring to your life?   Something I cannot live without is the internet, everything I use I need access to the internet to use any of them. From school, work, social, and online gaming without a high-speed Internet connection, it would not be possible. along with how much the internet serves me and my family it has become a social normal to have a fast connection. As Pacey mentioned, none of these technologies woul...

Prompt:  Identify a technology that you use daily. Name it. Then, describe your personal relationship to it. How use using it make you feel? What meaning does it bring to your life?  I use my phone daily; it is the most useful technology in my life. Phones are the most diverse and complex technology we have access to daily. Now having an understanding of the outcomes of this course I feel I will learn a lot. I care about people and interactions, and use technology to do so but do not think deeply about emerging technologies and how beneficial it is to me.  I work in marketing so I am surrounded by technology and could benefit from learning how new technology could be of use in marketing. I use Zoom, shared calendars, and emails to communicate with my coworkers. My main job is working with cameras and posting to social media and these are all different forms of technology always changing.      On a personal level, I am always on TikTok or streaming vide...