Good afternoon everyone, this is the second installment of my blog and this post will be dealing with technology. The resources for the second week of Masters course @ Walden is one of interest to me. I found all of the videos engaging, especially "Technology's Influence" and "Alvin Toffler's Wave Theory". Very interesting listening to the theories and ideas about fed ex vs. the Maine education system. It does bring up a great question, and this very question is one posed to the class from Mr. Kevin Jarret: is technology something that occurs due to another trigger, or is that trigger the reason for the technology occurring?
I am unsure of the answer, also as noted by the resources and Mr. Jarrett, this is the age old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg? I am leaning towards technology occurring due to the environment around it as opposed to technology evolving regardless of the environment, it would have taken place. Hall Davidson, an expert in the technology field, says that "war is a great thing for technology", I understand this statement as saying that any given technology that is developed during a time of war, is developed strictly DUE TO the war taking place. That technology would not have been founded without there being a trigger (the war, in this case) occurring.
This whole discussion is a good, philosophical question that could be debated back and forth, but in the end, regardless of how the technology is occurring...it is occurring.
Ken
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