Neil Postman’s “Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change” talks about the results of technological advancements throughout the year. Postman mentions five key points which are always paying a price in exchange for technology, the accessibility, bias, and prejudice that technology places on society along with the ecological shift and how we adjusted naturally towards technology and how long it has been around us. As technology advances, it is like an exchange that we sacrifice something the more we upgrade. He uses examples like cars and their contribution to pollution. Postman describes this as a Faustian bargain. Postman also talks about the idea of technology not being accessible to everyone resulting in status placements in our society. This leads to bias within our society.
I believe that there are consequences to technological changes. We often have to catch up with technology as technology advances every day. As days pass, we learn something new every day but as technology continues to advance, not everyone has access to these resources. Some people are looked down upon because they do not have what is considered the latest which results in class. As a result, companies continue to increase the price and push out more products for us to consume.
Hello Ashley,
I agree with what you stated on how there are consequences to technological changes even if we may say them or not. Technology is an advancing factor which is advanced every day. Good job on this blog!!
Hi Ashley,
I think your point about technology causing a divide in class is a really important one. It’s especially important when we consider how the latest thing has become more of an expectation than a reality for most people such as how most people are expected to have smartphones.