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This 3 page paper discusses the key parables used to illustrate Sclove's main points in his book: Democracy and Technology. Quotes cited from the book, key elements explained and discussed, and conclusions drawn. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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wonder how he would view the various applications of technology in the world, such as smart cards and the self accelerating technologies. It may very well be true, then, that
it is the technology of a society which determines its structure more so than any other element. There are two parables told in the first pages of the book
in which the experiences of the people in a Spanish Village to that of an Amish community in rural Ohio, and their different approaches toward technology. In Ibieca, a Spanish
community in northern Spain, running water was finally installed in all of the homes. There was no longer any need to carry the water from the public fountain. As a
result, not as many people congregated there and what had once been the center of social contact (the fountain) no longer served this purpose. Technology, then, had impacted the social
structure of the community, simply by the addition of indoor plumbing. Sclove writes that over the course of a few years the social structure of the community came apart.
Next, Sclove contrasts the Amish and their perspective on technology. Contrary to what most believe, the Amish do not reject all modern technology. However, how they differ from the Spanish
villagers is that before a new technology is adopted, there is an enormous democratic discussion as to its implications and introduction to their way of life. They seem to have
grasped and so adequately depict the positive way in which technology, according to Sclove, should be introduced into a human community. In contrast, the Spanish villagers did not stop to
consider the ramifications of the technology. This is not to say that the villagers should not have had the convenience of running water, but that other provisions should have
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