Human's without technology.

BLOG WEEK 4

"The concept of 'human' is unthinkable without technology but we act as if it is"

Technology in today’s world is essential; we rely on it every day without thinking. It’s hard to imagine a world without it, when almost everything we do revolves around it. In “Shaw, D. (2008) Technoculture: The Key Concepts; Oxford Berg Press (P.81-102)” He writes about how “the body is obsolete” he is saying how the body functions without thought towards technology, it doesn't have to adapt because it is already there, almost implying that the technology that is produced by our bodies effects our bodies.

Shaw refers to the people in community as “a machine” and outlines how they already ran like clockwork and smoothly before the outbreak of technology. This shows that we could function without technology, this supports the statement “The concept of 'human' is unthinkable without technology but we act as if it is”. Now that we are so used to having technology at the tip of our finger tips, and everything from the news to funny YouTube clips at the click of a button. The so called “older generation “would be able to adapt easier if the use of technology was to come to a halt.

Shaw often refers to the body, and how it is like a machine in terms of living, and “the workers body as an icon of the industrial culture”.  The view of body and technology, although it sounds strange, may have some truth in it, for years humans’ have adapted to changing situations, and different scenarios. 

In conclusion to the question above, I have to say I am not entirely convinced by this theory, but it could prove relevant as times continue to change and society moves forward into more new and exciting technology advances. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

D. Shaw (2008). Technoculture: The Key Concepts. Oxford: Oxford Berg Press. 81-102.