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Preparing to Use Technology

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Technology is one of those words that summons forth vivid images, but over time those images have changed dramatically. In the 1950s, Americans looked to technology for a future of cars floating on air, instantaneous communications, and a world in which life's burdens were lessened. There was almost universal excitement at the prospect of inexhaustible nuclear power because we thought it would be inexpensive, safe, and readily available. During the late sixties and through the eighties, attitudes changed. We now enjoy without guilt some of the benefits of technology. Videocassette recorders and personal computers proliferate, and every year new gizmos appear in the marketplace. But we also fear the unrestricted growth of technology. We hear of holes in the ozone layer, a "greenhouse effect," and we cannot seem to buy enough "natural" foods.

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