March 1998
Prophets of Inevitability
Human choices--not immutable forces of nature--govern the development and adoption of technologies.
By Langon Winner
Are we all agreed, then, that technological change is the true destiny of the human species? As I read the books and articles her-alding the new millennium, there seems almost uniform consensus that the twenty-first century will be characterized exclusively by technical advances and the quick adaptation of society to their requirements. If there are other sources of hope and renewal in the works, we seem less and less able to imagine them.
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