Discussion 2

On Canvas, please respond to one of the following prompts:

Option 1: Winner

“Artifacts don’t have politics. People do.”

How would Winner respond to this statement? Use a specific technological example from the reading to make your case.

Option 2: Benjamin

Consider the following quote from Benjamin:

“…the desire for objectivity, efficiency, profitability, and progress fuels the pursuit of technical fixes across many different social arenas” (p. 7)

Given three of the values named above – objectivity, efficiency, and progress – pick one and define it in your own words. Then, think of an example of a technical fix was pursued in the name of objectivity/efficiency/progress (whichever value you chose) that ended up under/devaluing something else – something that was perhaps even more important. Tell us about it.