Question 1

What is technopoly?

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Question 2

Define normal accidents.

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Question 3

How did "High Tech" become "Big Tech?" What does this say about the creation and diffusion of technology?

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Question 4

The Matrix poses a classic sociological question about technology: Is technology always a means of improving human life or is it sometimes antagonistic to human values? Based on your readings,answer this question.

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Question 5

What is the greenhouse effect?

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Question 6

Who is responsible for the creation of most technological innovations? Is this a beneficial arrangement for most of humanity?

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Question 7

What role can sociology play in helping people deal with environmental and other important social problems?

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Question 8

What is technological determinism?

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Question 9

What has led some scientists and others to see technology as a "monster run amok?" How convincing is their view?

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Question 10

Construct your own question drawing on relevant course materials for your answer.Points will be awarded for both the question and the answer.

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Question 11

Is the United States a technopoly? Why or why not?

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Question 12

The Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev noticed that technologies are invented in clusters.Based on that observation he argued that flurries of creativity cause major economic growth spurts beginning 10-20 years after a cluster of major inventions and have a lasting influence for 15-35 years.Does Kondratiev's argument suggest that culture is defined and shaped by technology?

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Question 13

Explain how the social construction of environmental problems shapes the way we perceive them.

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Question 14

Explain the significance of genetic pollution.What can be done to solve this problem?

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What causes environmental racism? What can be done to solve this problem?

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Quiz 22: Technology and the Global Environment