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| Technology: Technology refers to the application of scientific knowledge, tools, and techniques to create products, systems, and solutions that serve practical purposes in various aspects of human life and society. See also Society, Knowledge, Science, Goals, Progress._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ayn Rand on Technology - Dictionary of Arguments
Morozov I 217 Technology/Ayn Rand/Morozov: Rand's name is rarely associated with the discussion of technology, but she wrote an essay dealing with technology: "The New Anti-Industrial Revolution".(1) Ayn Rand thesis: Restrictions from technology mean the attempt to regulate the unknown, to limit the unborn, to establish rules for the undiscovered. (2) Who knows, (...) how an active mind is stimulated by a piece of information, and what it can produce (with it).(3) Progress/Computer/Rand: Rand warned us that the "ecological crusade" would free us from our toothbrushes, and "computers programmed by a bunch of hippies" (Morozov: she actually wrote this - 1971!) would slow down human progress.(4) MorozovVsRand: According to this logic, societies should not restrict the use of biological weapons or asbestos, because we do not know what good could come of it. >Progress, >Society, >Discoveries, cf. >E. Morozov. 1. Ayn Rand, The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, Kindle ed. (New York: Plume, 1999). 2. ibid., Kindle location 4889– 4890. 3. ibid., Kindle location 4887– 4888. 4. ibid., Kindle location 4905._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rand I Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged New York 1996 Morozov I Evgeny Morozov To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism New York 2014 |
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