A person who believes that all social, political, economic and cultural change is inevitably based on…
Technological determinism holds that technology is the prime mover of history, so that social, political, economic and cultural change follows inevitably from technological…
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A person who believes that all social, political, economic and cultural change is inevitably based on the development and diffusion of technology, is a
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Technological determinism holds that technology is the prime mover of history, so that social, political, economic and cultural change follows inevitably from technological development. A cultural or economic determinist would name culture or the economy as the driving force instead, and a technological sceptic doubts technology's power to shape society.
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