Technologies of abundance
Abstract:
There is no doubt that technology has played a significant role in the emergence of the contemporary information society. The chapter discusses how some of the major digital technologies and technological developments have broken down some boundaries of knowing and erected new ones. Specific attention is given to the development and impact of networks and networking, the personalisation of information technology from the 1980s onwards, and the idea of the usability of technologies and their increasingly deeper convergence. Finally, the chapter considers the impact and consequences of technologies and argues that the most fundamental change is not in the development of technologies as artefacts, but in their ...
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