Based on the quote from this chapter, “revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new technologies--it happens when society adopts new behaviors,” do you agree or disagree? Cite examples to support your position.
When new technologies emerge in our society we are invisible to their impact. I believe that as a whole our society desires technology and change; thus we are always looking for the newest and the best. I believe that the television, the Internet, cell phones, social networks, and other technologies are changing how we communicate as a society. Overall, it seems that our society continues to adjust to communication technology, making it harder for individuals to track exactly how technology actually impacts daily life. The reason why society doesn’t adopt new technologies is because our behaviors for that technology make the technologies’ impact happen. In the 1990s, Tim Berners-Lee discovered the Internet, which has become a major aspect of daily life. The Web is technology but society has made it modifiable, accelerate, and fit into modern society (Shirky, 158). In other words, people make technology then societal behaviors reform the technology to a better social fit. I agree with the quotation above.
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Berners-Lee is a good example because he wasn't the first person to use hypertext... but his implementation has a useful behavior behind it - sharing technical papers.
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