A tacit, but quite crucial precedent for believing in the neutrality of our technologies is that we perceive them in terms of the toools they generate. When asked to consider the effects of tehcnology on our everyday lives, we think of computer terminals and televisions, the automobile we have parked at the curbe, and the answering machine in the kitchen. This conflation of tools an technologies is far from innocuous. Indeed, it has had the effect of masking a great deal of the impact of technology on our lives. The premises of the argument for open possession of firearms is a classic instance of such a reduction blindness: "Guns don't kill, people do. p. 20
Pistols and televisions are tools. Tools are extensions of our body-mind. They are designed and manufactured in order to extend our natural capacity.
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Date: 2007-11-10 04:28 am (UTC)The premises of the argument for open possession of firearms is a classic instance of such a reduction blindness: "Guns don't kill, people do. p. 20
Pistols and televisions are tools. Tools are extensions of our body-mind. They are designed and manufactured in order to extend our natural capacity.