Question

1.        Which part of the “pro-technology paradigm” does Jerry Mander agree with and support? a. Focusing on best case scenarios

b.    Focusing on individual consumers

c.     The belief that technology is neutral

d.    All of the above

e.     None of the above

Answer 1

c- the belief that technology is neutral.

Mander takes issue with the widespread notion that technology is neutral and that only people determine whether its effects are good or bad. "This idea would be merely preposterous if it were not so widely accepted, and so dangerous," he writes. Because technologies contain certain inherent qualities, they are not neutral. In the case of nuclear energy, for example, it doesn't matter who is in charge because the dangers inherent in the process are the same: the long- term effects of waste, the safety hazards, the lack of local controls, etc.