Hello all! Here is this weeks discussion board question:

How do you understand technology? Or in other words, what is your conception of technology?

Some things to note before getting started:

This is a great way for us to jump into this course! As per the course syllabus, you can see how important the role of technology will be in our discussion of the modern era. This is a great way for us to get started and see what we all understand and think about technology.

When answering the question, please do make sure to reflect on the course readings and integrate evidence/quotes/paraphrasing from this weeks readings!

Please limit your response to 200 words.

Resources below:

Francis Bacon, On Superstition and the Virtue of Science Download On Superstition and the Virtue of Science(1620)
Voltaire, Letters Concerning the English Nation, Letter XIV Download Letters Concerning the English Nation, Letter XIV, 1734.
Voltaire, Candid Download Candid(1759)
Julien Offray de la Mattrie, Man a Machine Download Man a Machine
Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 1996, 1-39. (1747)