Read "Do Artifacts have Politics?" (p7-13) This is an excerpt of an article by Langdon Winner that examines the relationship between social value systems and different technologies. By "political qualities" Winner means human values.
1. How does Winner characterize common conceptions of technology and the ways people and technology interact? (p788)
2. Does Winner agree?
3. Describe the racial dynamics of the overpasses on the parkways and highways to Jones Beach?
4. What does Winner write about the mechanical tomato harvester?
5. According to Winner, what two kinds of choices about technology should people make? (p12)
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