How Technology Drives Social Change

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Technology & the Social Network

"Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change, if they are to reform or even maintain civilization, and capable too of furnishing the rebellion which is sometimes necessary if society is not to perish of immobility. "
- Jonathan Pezier, 2005

Throughout history, as man progressed technologically from simple inventions (the wheel, the use of papyrus & paper) to the complex mechanics of the 21st century, one can discern the relationship of the earlier technology to the other. This is a progression that builds on the knowledge of the previous generation by using established ideas from the past to arrive at new truths & new knowledge. As it was, technology & invented mechanics was all about making life better for man, to aid in daily activities, to keep the social network & enhance it.

Man is a social animal. Anthropological studies show that the earliest man gathered together in small bands for survival - social ties to ensure a sharing of responsibility and better odds of survival. Belonging in a group created relationships from simple to complex according to need, starting from basic (food, shelter, procreation) to that of self-actualization (contentment, confidence, happiness, pride).

We moved from the pre-historic world in which the first men belonged, to the complex burgeoning feudal systems of the Middle Ages, to that of industrialized nations of the 19th Century and then to the globalized world of ours in the present. The ox & cart ...