How does technology represent a threat to society in dystopian storylines and how might that reflect fears for our current world?
Source:
Technology Today: Utopia or Dystopia
LANGDON WINNER
Social Research
Vol. 64, No. 3, Technology and the rest of culture (FALL 1997), pp. 989-1017
Summary:
This article reviews the ways in which technology has impacted the world today and how it will continue to impact the world over time. The author describes his personal struggle to take a side on the issue of the rapidly increasing technology in our society. Through his review of technology, he is able to determine the ways in which technology is representitive of both utopian and dystopian ideals.
How this relates to my Inquiry Question:
The article I am using relates to my inquiry question because I am exploring the current impacts of technology on society and the potential it has to create a dystopia both now and in the future.
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