There is a tendency to simplify populating the internet means the relationship between technology and its progress in the society in which it operates. It's an old debate, I know, but still relevant today.
There is a significant and growing wave, let's call them "neotecnología" His speech focuses on technological advances decontextualized from any social environment. It's like what we studied in the first manuals of anthropology was called unilineal evolutionism telling us what is desirable and where they need to develop the events so that if no progress on the right track we will stay out of modernity.
This is a discourse that tends to value low a point that is the degree of penetration or permeability of the society to new technologies. All product development or technology will have an impact on the society in which it operates. For indicators that are developed penetration and use of these products, for example the use of ICT in society, by individuals or companies, is an indicator that is measured to be compared between neighboring countries. There are also indicators to measure the inclusion or exclusion of certain groups or social groups in the use and / or access to technologies.
There are examples of high permeability towards technology as has been the mobile phone, perhaps the process that has impacted daily life. Some countries have more mobile phone lines than people, the economic flow moving companies is important and has generated a world securities on phones and usage. For example in Japan is designed clothes for young people with a small pocket for mobile phones. Or for example the powerful market for gaming platforms: Play Station, Nintendo, X-Box, Wii etc. How much torture the parents who have lost count of electronic devices that fill the rooms of their children.
However there are examples to the contrary, products or technological developments that do not permeate the social fabric. For example Second Life, a major release that is out of expected results; not finish the jigsaw ebooks as a format to the general public, or why Linux does not end in itself in the market for operating systems?
This "neotecnología" which is emerging as a dominant ideology is not going to find antimaquinistas face those movements reject that populated the fields and cities of Europe from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This ideology has penetrated deeply into the markets, administrations and among citizens, educational systems are designed and tailored to the needs of organizations of technological developments.
There are even authors who claim that this dominance will end technology creating a new social contract. Knowledge is imperative of technological capability is available to the individual, yet are "possibilities" finally is required under penalty of being excluded or included in the weak part of the digital divide. And we wonder is the information society so that humanity is headed inexorably? Is the ongoing technological development and human destiny? Are there other possible changes?
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