Technology In The Late 19th Century: Social Analysis

“In just the past decade or two… [With] the increasing importance of technology in our world… science and technology are just as amenable to social analysis as politics or religion.”[1] The effects that technology has on society and vice versa have changed and evolved since the Technological Revolution of the late 19th century, just as the technology has. “Scholars now talk about how the push and pull between technology and society, rather than just the push of technology on society.”[1]
Since the Technological Revolution, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, technology has integrated itself into society as a part of human culture, lifestyle, and need. With Edison’s invention of affordable light bulb people began to have electricity in their homes, as time progressed it became a necessity for life to have electricity in many cultures. This new technology seemed to dictate how we should and need to live, but is that true?
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Think of the days when there were no computers or televisions, when all modern technology didn’t exist; society and life was utterly different. People depended on themselves and used all their common knowledge; people lived a simple, but efficient life. Not all technologies or innovations have had a positive impact on us. Technology negatively affects us by perpetuating the mindset of immediate satisfaction. The creation of various portable technological devices has slowly ingrained the idea of instant gratification. Cell Phones let us keep in touch at all times virtually anywhere, it has created a mindset of instant gratification and that whenever we want pleasure it should be put immediately in from of