Technological Determinism

the belief that technological Progress is independent of Culture, or even that progress shapes culture, rather than the other way around...

• does a Hacker inherently believe this? Not necessarily, being a Hacker is often just a personal approach to getting what you want, without any big thinking. OTOH, someone trying to solve a Grand Challenge probably won't succeed without being a hacker of some sort....

cf Huge Invention, GrandChallenge, Breakthrough, Technological Revolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_of_technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_determinism

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