Our Technological Age, from the Inside Out

Abstract

In her speech, Williams suggests that some humanistic obsessions--notably consciousness and language--do not necessarily result in weak versions of the history of technology but in different and arguably sometimes stronger versions. In considering the history of technology, people are more likely to look at objects rather than the lived experience of human beings. She says people should resist the temptation of identifying technology with abstract entities dissociated from objects and humans alike. Reprinted by permission of the Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved.