1.         Below is my interpretation of three sentences of relation to Marx’s argument that struck me as important to my understanding of technology.   “Technology as such, makes nothing happen.”  This statement means, to my understanding - that it takes people to make things happen. Technology is used by people. For example machinery is used by people.  It takes people to start the machines, move the machines, and most importantly program the machines.    “Consider, once again, automotive technology.”  Automotive technology is evolutionary. We can see how the automotive industry has evolved over many years. We can see the importance of how much technology was instrumental in the growth of the auto world. The economy has been transformed by prosperity in the automobile world due to technology, which aided in mass production, not to mention job creation for so many. Machine tool makers and the steel industry flourish and that created jobs for people also.     Reference:   Marx, Leo. “Http://Ljournal.ru/Wp-Content/Uploads/2016/08/d-2016-154.Pdf.” Technology: The Emergence of a Hazardous Concept”, 2016, doi:10.18411/d-2016-154. 2. “They believed that innovations in the mechanic arts could be relied upon, in the long run, to result in progress and prosperity for all” p.566   In this sentence, Marx is pointing to the idea that technology could help the deplorable conditions in factories.  The machines would not only be more efficient which would increase revenue, but they would also alleviate some of the dangers for the workers.  The elite viewed this new machinery as a way to spread societal progression.  Marx discussed Mill’s observation “…that the present was an improvement on the past,”      “My assumption is that those changes, whatever they were, created a semantic - indeed, a conceptual - void, which is to say, an awareness of certain novel developments in society and culture for which no adequate name had yet become available.” p. 563   In this sentence, Marx is explaining the reason the word, ‘technology’ is in our vocabulary today.  We need the word to explain the changes within our society and culture.  Before Marx makes this statement in his essay, he points out that authors such as Tocqueville created new words and phrases as a way to make his writing relevant and as a way to reflect societal changes.      “As late as 1880-81, for example, Arnold Toynbee delivered his influential lectures on the Industrial Revolution - a topic that would seem in retrospect to have made references to technology unavoidable - yet he relied exclusively on the long-established lexicon featuring such terms as mechanical discoveries, improvements, and inventions.” p. 570   This quote points to the fact that just because someone coins a phrase does not necessarily mean that it is going to catch on with the main stream.  Marx explains that the word technology did not become widely used until 1900!  Today we see the word technology everywhere, it is almost ...

1. 1. Below is my interpretation of three sentences of relation
to Marx’s argument that struck me as important to my
understanding of technology. “Technology as such, makes
nothing happen.” This statement means, to my understanding -
that it takes people to make things happen. Technology is used
by people. For example machinery is used by people. It takes
people to start the machines, move the machines, and most
importantly program the machines. “Consider, once again,
automotive technology.” Automotive technology is
evolutionary. We can see how the automotive industry has
evolved over many years. We can see the importance of how
much technology was instrumental in the growth of the auto
world. The economy has been transformed by prosperity in the
automobile world due to technology, which aided in mass
production, not to mention job creation for so many. Machine
tool makers and the steel industry flourish and that created jobs
for people also. Reference: Marx, Leo.
“Http://Ljournal.ru/Wp-Content/Uploads/2016/08/d-2016-
154.Pdf.” Technology: The Emergence of a Hazardous
Concept”, 2016, doi:10.18411/d-2016-154.
2. “They believed that innovations in the mechanic arts could be
relied upon, in the long run, to result in progress and prosperity
for all” p.566 In this sentence, Marx is pointing to the idea
that technology could help the deplorable conditions in
factories. The machines would not only be more efficient which
would increase revenue, but they would also alleviate some of
the dangers for the workers. The elite viewed this new
machinery as a way to spread societal progression. Marx
discussed Mill’s observation “…that the present was an
improvement on the past,” “My assumption is that those
changes, whatever they were, created a semantic - indeed, a
conceptual - void, which is to say, an awareness of certain novel
developments in society and culture for which no adequate

2. name had yet become available.” p. 563 In this sentence, Marx
is explaining the reason the word, ‘technology’ is in our
vocabulary today. We need the word to explain the changes
within our society and culture. Before Marx makes this
statement in his essay, he points out that authors such as
Tocqueville created new words and phrases as a way to make
his writing relevant and as a way to reflect societal changes.
“As late as 1880-81, for example, Arnold Toynbee delivered
his influential lectures on the Industrial Revolution - a topic
that would seem in retrospect to have made references to
technology unavoidable - yet he relied exclusively on the long-
established lexicon featuring such terms as mechanical
discoveries, improvements, and inventions.” p. 570 This quote
points to the fact that just because someone coins a phrase does
not necessarily mean that it is going to catch on with the main
stream. Marx explains that the word technology did not become
widely used until 1900! Today we see the word technology
everywhere, it is almost a generic turn used to describe
everything from smart phones and computers to Facebook and
Candy Crush. MARX, LEO. “Technology: The Emergence of
a Hazardous Concept.” Technology and Culture, vol. 51, no. 3,
2010, pp. 561–577. JSTOR, JSTOR,
www.jstor.org/stable/40927986.
3.
1. We learned about James Watt and the steam engine, Eli
Whitney and the cotton gin, and about other great inventors and
their inventions. This sentence helped me to see how
technology has grown and keeps growing. We started with the
invention of the steam engine and the cotton gin, but we have
moved to the cell phone which as changed history just as much
as transportation technology. When you think of the steam
engine, you think about how technology keeps moving. 2. Such
keywords often serve as markers, or chronological sign-posts,

3. of subtle, virtually unremarked, yet ultimately far-reaching
changes in culture and society. Technology is a definite marker
in history. It is subtle but leaves a distinct change in the way we
live, how we do business, and how to handle simple daily tasks.
3. The popular belief in technology as a -if not the -primary
force shaping, the future is matched by our increasing reliance
on instrumental standards of judgment, and a corresponding
neglect of moral and political standards, in making judgements
about the direction of society. For me, this sentence caught my
attention because it says so much about the technology we know
as social media. We start to rely on it as a necessary way of
communication. Instead of having face to face conversations
technology has caused communicate via emails, text messaging
or direct messaging. We judge people by their posts, and it has
led society a direction that can cause significant change or
damage us for life.