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Wednesday 30 October 2013

Technology and Human

"The concept of 'human' is unthinkable with out technology but we act as if." (shaw 2008p.81)
When technology is developing at full speed, term of human where is in or which part of this process?
In the Shaw's essay william harvey's circulatory system shows that "produced by technology in the simple sense that harvey had necessarily to use tools to examine the workings of the heart."
Less or more technology is part of human life since the early age. The first technology helped the people small scale but today's technology come into people life and "controlling" people' request and needs. For example Google Glass is part of users' eye and nearly change people' behavior and mind. Another example leap motion is combined people and technological devices even more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKbN5OMa9M#t=32

But in the essay have two different idea for people and human body.

Firstly , Marxist theory say in the essay that machinery is put to wrong use, with the object of transforming the workman from his very childhood, into a part of specialized machine. In other word, human and machine which product of technology dont have harmonia and they want to change each other in its own way.(Shaw 2008 p 85)

The second opinion is Stelarc and Stiegler in essay. Stelarc says that "work deorganizes the body by drawing attention to the way technology extends, amplifies, invades and shapes contemporary bodies. (Shaw 2008 p 81) Stiegler says that "invents himself in the technicalby the tool by becoming exterioriesed techno-logically. (steigler1998 p141) for example human invent tool for supplying own neccesary because people want to live more comfortable and compact life.

Bibliography
Shaw, D. (2008) Technoculture: The Key Concepts. Oxford Berg Press

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