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Theories of Technological Change: Parameters and Purposes

Theories about anything are notoriously difficult to grasp. The difficulties multiply when the subject is technology-ubiquitous enough in our modem world, yet not well understood. Difficulties mount even higher when the goal is a theory about change in something that is not well understood even at rest. Theories of technological change then are cursed thrice from their inception. Can they be redeemed? This essay aims to survey the parameters of technology and to suggest the purposes to which theories about technological change may be put. The questions are, What are we talking about? And who should care?