Abstract
Seven principal features are outlined to illustrate the pattern in which technology is shaped in response to social wants, which are themselves shaped by technology. The author points out that spontaneous innovation by the general populace has been replaced by institutionalized research and development programs that tend to serve only those who can afford it and ignore the poor. A sequence of events can be schematically drawn to illustrate the innovative chain. The innovative process is influenced by socio-economic and environmental constraints, which affect decisions along the chain. Consistency with social values will, along with technical efficiency, be a factor in whether a technology is utilized. The pattern emerges in the West as an orientation toward energy-intensive private luxury goods and military applications. This amplifies social and economic inequality and increases both social alienation and environmental damage. The demand for a new world economic order is an effort to modify this pattern.
Citation Formats
Reddy, A K.N.
Technology for whom: the nature of western technology.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1978.
Web.
Reddy, A K.N.
Technology for whom: the nature of western technology.
United Kingdom.
Reddy, A K.N.
1978.
"Technology for whom: the nature of western technology."
United Kingdom.
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title = {Technology for whom: the nature of western technology}
author = {Reddy, A K.N.}
abstractNote = {Seven principal features are outlined to illustrate the pattern in which technology is shaped in response to social wants, which are themselves shaped by technology. The author points out that spontaneous innovation by the general populace has been replaced by institutionalized research and development programs that tend to serve only those who can afford it and ignore the poor. A sequence of events can be schematically drawn to illustrate the innovative chain. The innovative process is influenced by socio-economic and environmental constraints, which affect decisions along the chain. Consistency with social values will, along with technical efficiency, be a factor in whether a technology is utilized. The pattern emerges in the West as an orientation toward energy-intensive private luxury goods and military applications. This amplifies social and economic inequality and increases both social alienation and environmental damage. The demand for a new world economic order is an effort to modify this pattern.}
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volume = {5}
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year = {1978}
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title = {Technology for whom: the nature of western technology}
author = {Reddy, A K.N.}
abstractNote = {Seven principal features are outlined to illustrate the pattern in which technology is shaped in response to social wants, which are themselves shaped by technology. The author points out that spontaneous innovation by the general populace has been replaced by institutionalized research and development programs that tend to serve only those who can afford it and ignore the poor. A sequence of events can be schematically drawn to illustrate the innovative chain. The innovative process is influenced by socio-economic and environmental constraints, which affect decisions along the chain. Consistency with social values will, along with technical efficiency, be a factor in whether a technology is utilized. The pattern emerges in the West as an orientation toward energy-intensive private luxury goods and military applications. This amplifies social and economic inequality and increases both social alienation and environmental damage. The demand for a new world economic order is an effort to modify this pattern.}
journal = []
volume = {5}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1978}
month = {Jan}
}